You have no real evidence re his diet & professionalism? He has been a bit of an idiot but he is a dedicated sportsman. He will be England’s best ever all rounder & 30 is comparatively young.Stokes has wonderful natural talent but he will be 30 next year. I doubt he is professional enough in terms of diet, training etc to maintain 'best cricketer in the world' level as he gets older. I hope he proves me wrong.
He has one duck & you doubt his credentials? Really?
If you look at Stokes’s stats over the last 3 years or so they are pretty astonishing.It's ok - some of our England cricket supporters are fickle... plenty of previous evidence on here to support that. Just think how good we'd be if we got behind our team - and that includes our press.
If you look at Stokes’s stats over the last 3 years or so they are pretty astonishing.
I mean, let’s forget his amazing performances in the ashes last year, the match winning contributions against the windies, the fact we are on day one of a test match etc, etc
I accept it is only the first few days, but read Michael Vaughan's take on things and he should know a few things about cricket.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53687296
He’s averaged over 50 in the last two years! He has averaged 70 in the 10 matches he has taken part in this year.Hi,
This is exactly the issue, over the last three years Stokes was good but he is a hit or a miss, we all remember the good times but he has not been consistent in a way that some of the great players over the years have been, you cannot ask him to pull you out the mire again and again.
Root was amazing a few years ago now, what is Root like now, a shadow of his former self and I think Stokes is heading that way either through injury or not consistent playing.
I accept it is only the first few days, but read Michael Vaughan's take on things and he should know a few things about cricket.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53687296
Cheers
John
bet you wish you hadn't written that nowIt was really good that we may now have some decent openers who are prepared to play the Boycott game but then still have the talent to make some runs when the situation allows .
bet you wish you hadn't written that now
I'm not going to be able to watch the next ashes series iif this is the state of our test side. Bowling excellent, fielding good, captaincy, hmmmm, batting outside one day?
Erm.
Yes, without Butler‘S contribution with the gloves, England probably would have had a small first innings lead.
Bairstow is no better but they have Faulkes in the ‘bubble’. Probably not much in it either way.To be fair they've needed to have isolated test and ODI teams, but Bairstow has to be the first choice. Buttler just doesn't cut the mustard as a test player