Stokes topped the BBC cricket page on the day The Hundred launched. Suspect team owners don’t understand that Stokes is famous famous, not just cricket famous in England.
Stokes will be back next summer for the Ashes. It is written. Not least by the team selling in ‘Phoenix from the Ashes 2’ to the streamer commissioners right now..
Hard to build around a new generation and provide them certainty when an aging giant wants to continue to make it all about him. Can imagine him returning just in time for another ashes loss (and moral victory), but unsure how that helps England's up and comers, or the new captain.
No he's very welcome to that! Meant more the retirement announcement mid over, taking a new opener out of position, having his team brief the media that maybbbeee he will come back.
Stokes topped the BBC cricket page on the day The Hundred launched. Suspect team owners don’t understand that Stokes is famous famous, not just cricket famous in England.
Stokes will be back next summer for the Ashes. It is written. Not least by the team selling in ‘Phoenix from the Ashes 2’ to the streamer commissioners right now..
Well written , but I don’t think an England comeback is likely next year .
Hard to build around a new generation and provide them certainty when an aging giant wants to continue to make it all about him. Can imagine him returning just in time for another ashes loss (and moral victory), but unsure how that helps England's up and comers, or the new captain.
(Stokes) “Wants to continue to make it all about him”. What was he supposed to do, deliberately not make runs?
No he's very welcome to that! Meant more the retirement announcement mid over, taking a new opener out of position, having his team brief the media that maybbbeee he will come back.