London [UK], July 9 (ANI): England captain Ben Stokes shouldn’t be dwelling on previous achievements as he prepares to guide his aspect into the third Check in opposition to India at Lord’s. Reflecting briefly on his memorable 155-run knock in opposition to Australia on the identical venue in 2023, Stokes made it clear that he has moved on from that efficiency.
“That was two years in the past, so fairly over that now,” Stokes stated on the pre-match press convention.
Nevertheless, the England skipper stays optimistic about returning to massive scores, particularly with the collection in opposition to India finely poised at 1-1.
“Hopefully the rating is across the nook,” he added, suggesting that he is due for a significant contribution with the bat.
Workforce India’s morale will probably be actually excessive heading right into a venue the place they’ve gained the final two of their three Checks. Stokes has had a reasonable collection to date, with simply 86 runs in 4 innings, with the perfect rating of 33. He has additionally taken six wickets to date, together with a four-wicket haul at Leeds.
Stokes’ run of type has not been doing justice to his simple expertise and skill to supply absolute greatness when it issues probably the most. In 16 Checks since final yr, Stokes has scored simply 697 runs at a mean of 26.81, with simply 5 fifties and a greatest rating of 80.
Stokes might discover some type on the venue, given his good document with the bat on the ‘House of Cricket’, having made 843 runs in 12 matches and 20 innings at a mean of 44.36, with three centuries and 5 fifties. His greatest rating is 155.
Stokes doesn’t have an excellent document in opposition to India both, having made simply 1,058 runs at a mean of 24.60, with 5 half-centuries and a greatest rating of 128, with a century and 5 fifties.
England enjoying XI for third Check: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (C), Jamie Smith (WK), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir. (ANI)
