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[Deleted member 77198]

Jethuth Chritht, not the referees’ shadow

 

[TCIB]

Jethuth Chritht, not the referees’ shadow

Ffs that has killed me xD

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Stokes has to go and Open , if not put Denly opening , move Stokes to 3 Root to 4 and replace Butler with one of the youngsters !

Stokes opening, no just no lol.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

The finest innings by an English test batsman in the history of the game.

To go from 7 runs from 79 balls when digging in was desperately needed, to winning the game with 135 not out from 219 balls, everything around him collapsing, the ashes literally on the line. He knew he needed to quickly get the total down to relieve pressure on Leach and so he hit three 6’s in succession after defending for an entire day’s play.

The pressure must have been immense and that is what the sport is all about.

It says it all the Australians were telling him straight how well he’d done.

The man has surpassed Flintoff as an all rounder for me after that test and Flintoff was the man.

Not ashamed to say I had tears in my eyes watching him celebrate, this is the pinnacle of sport.

Freddy the better bowler, Stokes the better batsman.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

This is a totally underrated comment. If Leach hadn’t stuck in there then Stokes’s effort would’ve all been in vain. We’ve spoken a lot on here about test cricket and how it’s not all about Hollywood shots and scoring at over 6 an over but when England went 9 down with 70-odd still needed, Stokes figured that twatting them out of the park was the right way to go - scoring at only 2 an over at that point would’ve seen us lose the game - and he backed Leach to hold up the other end while he got on with it.

Vaughan said it was the best 1 ever haha.

He may be right.

 

[Jacob Smith]

Stokes should be given SPoTY today and then if we go on to win The Ashes he gets a knighthood

 

[squirtyflower]

So is anyone going to the real Old Trafford for the next test then? Going on the Friday so really pleased there's something on the game and it isn't a dead rubber.

Yep have four tickets for the Thursday

 

[Ancient Citizen]

This has been one totally phenomenal cricket season, I've never seen anything like it.

 

[blueinsa]

Jethuth Chritht, not the referees’ shadow

Quite brilliant :-)

 

[Withnail]

Take a bow Ben Stokes, simply an amazing innings.