by Durhamfootman » Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:44 pm
just a bit unlucky that the england women won the big footie championship or he might easily have found himself winning the sports personaility of the year again, plus ending up captain of the team of the year.
Atherton described him recently as the most significant man in world cricket (or something like that)
George Dobell claimed that he's a better captain than Mike Brierley
and I heard someone else (can't remember who) claim that he may one day be credited as the man who saved test cricket
Now that's a whole lot of hyperbole, but tbh it's quite hard to argue with any of it. Maybe in a years time we'll be able to pick all that apart, but at this moment in time, it's almost impossible not to get very, very excited about England cricket
and, of course, no-one is talking any more about how the whole of the English domestic game needs root and branch reform.... which is something that I think SP and I reflected on earlier this year.... the only time anyone thinks an 18 county CC is not fit for purpose is when England are doing badly. When they do well, that structure is fine.... so I'm going to add some hyperbole of my own.... Stokes may turn out to be the man who saved the future of 6 county cricket clubs.... at least for a little while
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