sussexpob wrote:Ben Stokes has an econ of over 9 in T20I, has never scored a 50, and averages in both discipline poorly.
His county record of nearly 9 an over with the ball and a lack of wickets, combined with a bat average of a useful but hardly noticeable 20 runs per innings...
There must be 100s of players who pune could have got who are better.
Stokes at no stage has proven himself worthy of a T20I cap for England, let alone this staggering valuation.
His only not worthy contribution was to single handed lose his side a world cup by bottling it.
He's a useless limited overs bowler and a flash in the pan bar that never makes big scores that change matches
Alviro Patterson wrote:sussexpob wrote:Ben Stokes has an econ of over 9 in T20I, has never scored a 50, and averages in both discipline poorly.
His county record of nearly 9 an over with the ball and a lack of wickets, combined with a bat average of a useful but hardly noticeable 20 runs per innings...
There must be 100s of players who pune could have got who are better.
Stokes at no stage has proven himself worthy of a T20I cap for England, let alone this staggering valuation.
His only not worthy contribution was to single handed lose his side a world cup by bottling it.
He's a useless limited overs bowler and a flash in the pan bar that never makes big scores that change matches
Colin de Grandhomme with a base price of 50 lakh, who went unsold. He's just as Box Office as Ben Stokes.
sussexpob wrote:Just to put it into perspective, I remember reading that a 1970s rerun of Colombo attracted more viewers in 30 minutes than tuned in to watch England's final day of their first test Ashes win, spread over many hours.
Domestic T20 produced it's worst figures, and IPL on freeview was apparently falling to nothing by 15/16
Ben Stokes playing will not do a thing for viewing figures. In fact, why the hell would anyone tune into watch a crap bowler and batsman that lasts on average 8 balls?
Martin Guptill barely scraped a contract, and he averages 20 more at the same pace and has something like 40 T20 50s. Corey Anderson is getting 15 times less and is a better all-rounder.
Why would broadcasters go mad for inferior players?
I'd suggest if India viewers want to see more inferior players then this is crazy
Nothing justifies this wage
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