Ben Stokes first real mistake as England captain

Glad he made it in New Zealand and not this summer

he is still doing a excellent job , but that was a test match we should never have lost

Posted By: ghostof barry butler on February 28th 2023 at 06:56:30

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Ben Stokes first real mistake as England captain (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 06:56:30
- going to the IPL will be his next (Other Sports) - Henclrikus, Feb 28, 12:11:09
  - It 'shows' that his love of the Test format is just lip service (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Feb 28, 12:56:43
- Disagree. Did we bowl well enough or (Other Sports) - DiscoDale, Feb 28, 09:26:24
- Blimey we were about 1/20 to win when I last checked (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 09:16:22
- It was a good call poorly executed (n/m) (Other Sports) - CWC, Feb 28, 08:51:57
- If there was any fault it was Root running out Brook (n/m) (Other Sports) - The Gaffer, Feb 28, 08:04:59
  - Root getting a lot of grief for that (Other Sports) - McGill, Feb 28, 09:19:04
  - no the mistake was asking New Zealand to follow on (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 08:51:33
- It was a greater service to the game (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 07:14:40
  - This is exactly how I feel, for what it's worth (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Feb 28, 10:46:13
  - I get your point although not sure we would have ground out a turgid result (Other Sports) - Jim, Feb 28, 07:37:55
    - Yeah, if we'd been battered then it would have been a bad call (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 07:50:10
      - That was 💯 Root’s fault (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Feb 28, 08:10:02
        
        Well yeah (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 08:12:03
        
        Know I keep wittering on about this but wouldn't it nice to have a deciding Test match? (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Feb 28, 08:33:48
        
        Haha,yeah you did say,I think I just assumed we'd win this 2-0. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 28, 10:27:01
        
        deffo (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 09:02:54
  - that a fair point (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 07:19:03
    - Heh, yeah (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 07:54:33

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