All posts tagged "Ben Stokes"
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Features
/ 6 years agoDon’t write me off just yet to return for 2023!
60 SECONDS WITH… No final farewell just yet: England fast bowler James Anderson hasn’t dismissed playing in the 2023 home Ashes...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoSmith’s the difference as England’s hopes hang by a thread
By Charles Reynolds STEVE Smith’s remarkable first innings double-hundred has put Australia in pole position to retain the Ashes after a...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoStokes’ heroics certainly did not surprise me, says Cook
By Richard Edwards OTHERS may have been amazed by Ben Stokes’ almost super-human efforts at Headingley two weeks ago but Geoff...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoAt last, a genius in the mould of KP that we can all take to our heart
Peter Hayter turns back the clock to relive the controversy surrounding ‘KP: Story of a Genius’ contrasting the squad unity in...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoSam rues ‘his worst’ six months
By Neil Harvey SAM BILLINGS reckons he has suffered “the worst six months of his career” this season. The Kent and...
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Cricket Paper
/ 6 years agoHOLDING OUT FOR A HERO!
Another Smith masterclass leaves England on the brink Stoking the fire: Ben Stokes punches the air after becoming the hero of...
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Cricket Paper
/ 6 years agoSMITH’S ‘READY TO LAND HIS OWN KO BLOW’ (and win the Ashes)
By Jon Couch In the spotlight: The return of Australia batsman Steve Smith for the fourth Test at Old Trafford this...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoNo bouncy castle can ever match drama of Test cricket
Peter Hayter took to social media to gauge opinion on The Hundred, as Headingley’s memorable advert for Test match cricket unfolded...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoAussies must now regroup and avoid repeat of ‘81 series
By Richard Edwards Smashing: Botham’s famous knock turned the tide IT has taken the Aussies a generation to get over the...
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Features
/ 6 years agoHow T20 cricket made Stokes’ miracle possible
Garfield Robinson argues that England would never have pulled off their incredible run-chase at Headingley but for the invention of the...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoENGLAND RATINGS
By Chris Stocks Rory Burns 3/10 The Surrey opener impressed in the opening two Tests but looked increasingly troubled by the...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoStokes’ heroics give England fans a new epic to remember
By Chris Stocks Star man BEN STOKES – England: Who else? The skill the allrounder showed when batting with the tail...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBOTHAM, ATHERTON AND HUTTON – NOW STOKES JOINS ELITE LIST!
Roderick Easdale trawls through the archives to take a look back at some great English innings to rival Ben Stokes’ 2019...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoSHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE RED BALL
TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette When white ball meets the red ball: Ben Stokes smashes Nathan Lyon for six with an audacious reverse-hit...
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News
/ 6 years ago’It was a scene of absolute joy’
By Guy Williams Reflection: Mick Kohler- Cadmore, right, with Ben Stokes at Headingley the morning after his Ashes heroics PICTURE: @Mickcadmore...
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Women
/ 6 years agoMY DREAM XI
Jack Brooks, the Somerset and former Yorkshire and Northants bowler, chooses his favourite XI from those he has played alongside 1....
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County News/The Hundred
/ 6 years agoMY DREAM XI
David English, the founder of the Bunbury Festival, chooses his favourite XI from those players he has known from a young...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoLord’s now a must-win after Smith show raises questions
By Chris Stocks England v Australia Second Test, August 14-18, Lord’s, London, 11.00am start Making way: Moeen Ali has paid the...
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Ashes
/ 6 years agoJACK COULD BE THE SOLUTION TO ENGLAND’S PLAN FOR SMITH
PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT Bring in the lefties! Statistics show that Steve Smith has a poor record against the slow left-armer, like Jack...
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Ashes
/ 7 years agoSmith shows defiance again as England play waiting game
By Chris Stocks Digging in: Chris Woakes’ batting pushed England ahead ENGLAND will hope to finish off Australia over the final...
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Ashes
/ 7 years agoAt last! The top order have laid down a marker in which to build
Outgoing TCP editor Alex Narey says there were encouraging signs for England’s top order before yesterday’s inevitable collapse Welcome back to...
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England News
/ 7 years agoEngland need Joe Root firing on all cylinders in the Ashes
Joe Root has never made any secret of the fact that, on occasion, his admiration for his fellow ‘Yorkie’ Michael Vaughan...
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Test Matches
/ 7 years agoLeach digs top order out of hole as Ireland slip away
Joe Root may have been right about the pitch but that wasn’t the only thing that was sub-standard during this one-off...
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Features
/ 7 years agoProdger: Game must now seize this free-to-air opportunity
Role models: Final heroes Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes By Richard Edwards YOU don’t have to be Nostradamus to see the...
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Features
/ 7 years agoengland need root back firing on all cylinders
nightBatting hero: Michael Vaughan Peter Hayter highlights the importance of having an in-form and confident Joe Root leading out England if...
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