Re: Ben Stokes
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:43 am
alfie wrote:Alviro Patterson wrote:But the question is, can Ravi Ashwin do it on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke?
Or a cool and overcast spring in Northern England?
Exactly. Ashwin is a very good cricketer. But up to now , his bowling success is limited to home conditions (and some very similar pitches in West Indies.)
In fairness , he hasn't played much in England ...but his bowling in half a dozen Tests in Australia was pretty ineffective. Not a big enough sample : but partly for that reason I am not going to canonize him just yet...
As for Stokes : two Tests in conditions not expected to suit him have surely advanced his credentials to anyone not blinkered by prejudice . Not hailing him as a superstar yet either ; but he is clearly improving.
Ginger is spot on re his temperament . I don't mind a fast bowler having a few words , but he has to be able to cop it in return without complaining. Jimmy , for example , while a serial aggressor , didn't complain about some less than friendly return treatment from the Australians ; that is as it should be . Dish it out , take it in return. Let your game speak for you. Hopefully Stokes will learn this - it will make him a better player.
Stokes isn't even a proper batsman or bowler yet.
he only actually had what 2-4 test where he bowls like a bowler and couple of test where he performs as a batsman.
lets not get blinkered by a 2 test series in Bangladesh.