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Ashes Daily: Ben Stokes – England’s Greatest all-rounder?

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The Importance of Empathy in Cricket

Ben Stokes has delivered over a longer period of time in the absolute pinnacle of pressure situations. I don't know how you cannot have a Ben Stokes in your all-time leavens, just for the fact how he can change a game and influence a game. Jack Callis will be another; Gary Sovers will be another. Apart from, say, Imran Khan, I can't think of very many of them who have been good captains. And part of the problem is that they're so good that they kind of can't quite understand where other people are coming from. Do you think perhaps because of the difficulties he went through when he first started his career, he understands that

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