I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyoked humor of your idleness. Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That, when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wondered at By breaking through the foul and ugly mist Of vapors that did seem to strangle him. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work, But when they seldom come, they wished for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So when this loose behavior I throw off And pay the debt I never promisèd, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men’s hopes; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I’ll so offend to make offense a skill, Redeeming time when men think least I will.
I absolutely slated him and the rest of them the other day. Fair play, his innings yesterday was awesome and it seems he grafted early on and then the slugging worked. I stand by what I said though. Keep slogging against class bowlers and you'll keep getting 67s. You can't keep relying on once in a lifetime innings to dig you out of a hole.
You aren’t wrong, there’s an article on the Yorkshire ccc page that’s quite good. Basically saying Ben stokes actually played 3 separate innings in one, which he did, blocked and stayed in with root, attacked with Bairstow and then took the bull by the horns with 9 wickets down. All of that doesn’t mask the fact we scored 67 2 days earlier. The selectors have big calls to make and the players themselves need to look at their own game, realise what they are doing wrong and do something about it, those who can’t do that will be the ones to make way I’d not make wholesale changes for next week, maybe 2 and an order change
Or even twice in one summer innings. I agree with your general point but Stokes appears to have something that not many have - luck. He might never again repeat what he achieved yesterday or in the world cup final but he has etched his name into cricket legend this summer.
Can't disagree Mario. It must have been an unbelievable experience to be at Headingly yesterday and it was a memorable cricketing moment. He is relying on incredible hitting skill and a big slice of luck though. A little bit of application in the first innings though and it would have been a straightforward win.
He actually put the work in though in 2nd innings. 3 off 70 wasn't it at the start? And was working hard to score a steady rate really until we went 9 down. Then he had little option but to go for it. Many a century scored will have luck on the way.
