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In Lord’s Test, Ben Stokes showed amazing batting, bowling and strategy. As captain, he kept the morale of the team high and snatched the victory from India. Under his leadership, the England Test team is reaching new heights and is preparing for the Ashes.
Delhi: In Lord’s Test, Ben Stokes score 44 and 33 and 2-63 and 3-48 in bowling can be called a great all-round performance for any player in Test history. In the case of Ben Stokes, the matter does not end here because a player who was overshadowed by the toss on this entire test is Ben Stokes. After winning the toss and chose batting this time, after that the run-out, the long spell, making the scheme for the other bowlers and most especially on the last day when it felt that the hope of victory was slipping, even at any moment, there was no lack of enthusiasm in your team. They had not only Plan B, Plan C and D. One of the best examples of a captain’s involvement in a victory was seen in Lord’s.
England did not get the captain like Ben Stokes
England never got a captain like Ben Stokes because he neither wants to lose himself nor allow the team’s morale to fall. That is why Haddingley and Lord’s Test, with these features, take out the test from India’s grip. The Lord’s Test is a great win for England, one of his best and on which the captain’s victory was a mark. On the first day Joe Root contributed to a big score, the run out on the third day before lunch, which Shubman counted the number 1 reason for losing India’s Test, both took big wickets in the innings, bowled brilliantly on the last day, kept his team on the match despite the noise supporting Team India in Lord’s and then Jasprit Bumrah also dismissed.
The condition was that when Stokes came to the press conference after the Test, he was without shoes and was soaked in the blood coming out of his left leg, confidence on his socks, that he said that the next week will fit the Old Trafford Test the next week. Even though this English team has not met the criterion of the scale of ‘Great’, but it has definitely made such a team whose cricket is worth watching. At the age of 34, throwing balls at a speed of 90 mph at the age of 34, and winning the Test matches of this series is sending a message to Australia for the Ashes.
Stokes records as captain
- Out of 36 Tests as captain, 22 wins, 13 defeats and only 1 draw which is proof that ready to compete in every Test.
- In the percentage of winning the Test, out of the England captain in at least 10 Tests, the better record of this is only from WG Grace and he won 8 out of 13 Tests (61.54 percent) and it is not much difficult for Stokes to get ahead of them.
- For England, who was the captain of England in 36 or more Tests and no one won 51 percent of the Tests.
- According to the records up to Lords, only 4 captains have won more Tests than Stokes for England: Andrew Strauss (in 50 Tests) and Alastair Cook (in 59 Tests) 24, Michael Vaughan (in 51 Tests) (in 51 Tests) 26 and Joe Root (in 64 Tests) 27 and compared to their records, and their records must be focused on counting the test.
- Even if out of England, only the captain who was in at least 35 Tests is better than the record stokes: Pat Cummins 23 (62.16 percent) out of 37 (62.16 percent), Ricky Ponting has 48 out of 77 (62.34 percent) and Steve Waugh 41 (71.93 percent).
This is the best phase for English cricket and Stokes is ready to take it to a new height. Preparations for the Ashes have started.
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