Quite rightly Stokes is getting all the plaudits, but surely Leach getting a single at the end must have made one of the most important single run innings in test history?
Don't worry Den.... Stokes said Leach has massive bollocks... Paddy Power have paid out already on Sports Personality of the Year incidentally.
I keep reminding myself I witnessed history, It doesn't matter it was 67 all out on friday, I was part of the history of the 4 days. sixty, bloody, seven all out. I witnessed 67 all out. How good was today, wow!
I liked the way he kept slowly removing his helmet and cleaning his glasses ...obviously to keep his vision right rather than allowing Stokes to rest while simultaneously winding up the bowlers!
I love how Leach kept on taking his glasses off to clean de sweat them that’s why I started wearing contact lenses. For everything glasses are a total pain.
I should have read further down. What a great performance from Stokes and Leach. They achieved what most of the other English batsmen hadn’t and that was not giving away their wicket cheaply.
Yes me too just like 2005 at Old Trafford ! There is not many better days out than a Test Match ! It's really strange it just builds as the day goes on !
It is just a glorious result and occasion ! I've had a brilliant 4 days ( with the beer and watching a free Human League concert ) .
Ditto. Just trying the varifocal contacts .. Not getting on with them very well, I'll be going back to my original ones.
An Aussie take on it Cracking read too We can all die happy now – cricket doesn't get any better than this https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...get-any-better-than-this-20190826-p52knk.html
Good read but he made a tit of himself with the reference to Stokes being born in New Zealand. Their best player was born and bred in South Africa, funnily enough that wasn’t mentioned. Typical double standards from the convict **** stains.
Great stuff. If history repeats itself, there'll be a few drunken sods (mostly Yorkshire men ) taking a leak on the wicket on their way back 'ome from the local boozer in good ol' 'Edingley ( I''d guess the favourite is The Skyrack, but I really have no sound/substantive evidence ). We soldier on.
I have to agree, I've watched a lot of cricket in my lifetime, and that innings and performance by Ben Stokes top anything I've witnessed before, as you say even Botham's heroics.
I've just watched the highlights on 5, and the more you watch it the more incredible it is. Really, what he did is beyond remarkable, the intelligence when right in the thick of it was a joy to watch. How he kept the strike and at the same time producing a plethora of different shots, the reverse sweep for 6 comes to mind was quite amazing. For even Boycott, who has been around a long time, to say that is the best innings in a test match he has ever seen is something in itself.
