Ben Stokes Must Switch From Passenger To Pied Piper For England
The post Ben Stokes Must Switch From Passenger To Pied Piper For England appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 25: Ben Stokes of England is treated for a calf injury during the Group Stage … [+] match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between England and Australia at Lords on June 25, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) Getty Images The most valuable player is the one that makes the most players valuable,” opined double Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning. He is not wrong. Ben Stokes has been England’s luxury liner passenger in India, watching from the bench as his teammates have crashed to two defeats in the Cricket World Cup. The defending champions need Stokes out in the middle before their position in the group stage leads to an emergency exit. He is the talisman that triggers the troops. The news on the ground was that English cricket’s finest first responder was very close to fitness for the match against Afghanistan. With a six-day gap between that match and the next against South Africa, it was thought he could sit it out in Delhi without any collateral damage. After a dismal 69-run defeat at the hands of the Afghans, that assumption has now taken a huge hit. The good news is that Stokes’ hip was unscathed. Jos Buttler did nothing to hide his dejection as the Three Lions failed to get over the line against a team that didn’t win a match in the 2019 tournament. This was not in the equation. “There’s no point in just trying to move on very quickly, although you’ve got to do it as quick as you can,” said the skipper. It was muddled thinking on a misfiring team. At a global carnival, cricket needs stars from other parts of the world, even if Mickey Arthur thinks this is the BCCI show. Stokes…
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 25: Ben Stokes of England is treated for a calf injury during the Group Stage … [+] match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between England and Australia at Lords on June 25, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) Getty Images The most valuable player is the one that makes the most players valuable,” opined double Super Bowl champion quarterback Peyton Manning. He is not wrong. Ben Stokes has been England’s luxury liner passenger in India, watching from the bench as his teammates have crashed to two defeats in the Cricket World Cup. The defending champions need Stokes out in the middle before their position in the group stage leads to an emergency exit. He is the talisman that triggers the troops. The news on the ground was that English cricket’s finest first responder was very close to fitness for the match against Afghanistan. With a six-day gap between that match and the next against South Africa, it was thought he could sit it out in Delhi without any collateral damage. After a dismal 69-run defeat at the hands of the Afghans, that assumption has now taken a huge hit. The good news is that Stokes’ hip was unscathed. Jos Buttler did nothing to hide his dejection as the Three Lions failed to get over the line against a team that didn’t win a match in the 2019 tournament. This was not in the equation. “There’s no point in just trying to move on very quickly, although you’ve got to do it as quick as you can,” said the skipper. It was muddled thinking on a misfiring team. At a global carnival, cricket needs stars from other parts of the world, even if Mickey Arthur thinks this is the BCCI show. Stokes…
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