Comments on: Is a Ben Stokes with a rueful smile a diminished Ben Stokes?

By: Balladeer

Balladeer — Sat, 18 May 2019 09:36:06 +0000

After last night, Betteridge applies here.

By: Exile

Exile — Sat, 18 May 2019 06:27:55 +0000

“His first reaction was, perfectly understandably, to roll his eyes so hard as to actually knock his head backwards.”

Reminds me of this – perhaps he needs the training:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5WPVLljm1A

By: Edwardian

Edwardian — Fri, 17 May 2019 18:41:55 +0000

On two separate occasions during this ODI series I’ve heard Simon Mann say “Stokes is trying too hard.” Graham Swann just commented that he has “been down for a long time.” Perhaps, like Renshaw in the previous post, Stokes is thinking about how near he is to the WC.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 17 May 2019 16:05:48 +0000

In reply to JB.

It does, but… now you’ve requested it…

By: JB

JB — Fri, 17 May 2019 15:28:56 +0000

I know you don’t do requests. But.

“The wait for the official tournament song is over! The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 is proud to unveil “Stand By” – a collaboration between new artist LORYN and one of the UK’s most successful and influential acts, Rudimental.”

You know it makes sense.