The genius and recklessness of Ben Stokes’ ‘Bazball’
There is one school of thought that England, by trying so hard to live up to the free-swinging, free-wheeling image they have cultivated over these past 12 months, are finding their judgment clouded.
Birmingham | England captain Ben Stokes is a high-roller to his very core. Whatever the risks, whatever the circumstances, he backs himself to deliver with gambles that make sense in his mind, but that seem ludicrous to everybody else.
And so, with 80 overs played, Australia listing badly at 7-227 and the new ball available, he took one look at the conventional wisdom and laughed in its face.
