You're right that his batting outweighs his bowling but my best "live" viewing of him was the 6-36 off 21 at Trent Bridge in 2015. You could almost feel the ball hooping in the dark, muggy atmosphere, over after over. Of course, it's overshadowed by Broad the day before...
The late Richie Benaud would have loved Captain Stokes who seems an amalgam of Brearley and Illingworth-the former's emotional intelligence and the latter's "canniness". Arguably Stokes is one of the most consequential England players of the past three generations.
You're right that his batting outweighs his bowling but my best "live" viewing of him was the 6-36 off 21 at Trent Bridge in 2015. You could almost feel the ball hooping in the dark, muggy atmosphere, over after over. Of course, it's overshadowed by Broad the day before...
The late Richie Benaud would have loved Captain Stokes who seems an amalgam of Brearley and Illingworth-the former's emotional intelligence and the latter's "canniness". Arguably Stokes is one of the most consequential England players of the past three generations.
yep, would agree with that...