Having reversed his 50-over retirement, England’s Test and T20 talisman talks to Ali Martin about the Ashes summer, Freddie Flintoff’s return and his hopes of retaining the World Cup in India
Stokes is like a moth to this particular flame, the enduring lure of the World Cup prompting his 50-over rethink. The U-turn was welcomed in England but has had one vocal critic in Australia, their former Test captainStokes hits out during his record 182 against New Zealand at Lord’s, a highest score by an England batsmen in ODIs.“Selfish?” replies Stokes. “I’d like to think I’ve played enough for people to know that is not a word that applies to me. I had to see how I felt after the Ashes.
“You can’t change what happened – the Manchester rain – but you also can’t say for certain we’d have won that game. But going 2-0 down and still being brave enough to play the way we did – that gave me immense satisfaction. It would have been easy to go in our shells but we took the bull by the horns and threw everything at them.”
Stokes with Pat Cummins after England’s dramatic win in the fifth Test at the Oval in July saw them level the Ashes series 2-2 having been 2-0 behind.The messaging will not change for England’s next Test assignment, a five-match series in India starting in January. “It’s the hardest place to win,” he says. “We, and what, a single Test win since? I’m confident I have the players and will try to make India think differently to how they usually play. But they are a seriously good team.
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