The Spirit of Cricket

Ben Stokes' dismissal falls into the category of dismissal that some players hate, especially English players. It enrages an idea, which I've also sort of a nebulous concept anyway, the spirit of cricket. Why have a set of laws if you've got this kind of spirit that sits above it? And it's happened precisely with this. Look, Stokes was fired up, wasn't he? Because he then moves to his 100, almost unnoticed, with three successive sixes when he hit the third one. So maybe it's poked the beast. Maybe Australia will regret it. What do you think the beast was poked last night with that catch? And the Aussies