Ben Stokes against New Zealand, at Lord’s. It is never dull. To the 2015 Test and the 2019 World Cup final, we can add a frenetic knock of 54 in the fourth innings of his first match as England’s official Test captain.
This innings was Stokes at his chaotic worst and clinical best – within minutes of one another. It was one that gave England fans hope and left them despairing, and was perhaps an emblem of their performance as a whole across the first three days.
