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

Test Match Special

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Steve Smith's Second Intense Struggles

Ben Stokes averages 50.8 out of all England players who've batted 50 or more times in second innings in Ashes' tests. He's got the fifth highest average in Ken Barrington, Herbert Sutcliffe, Graham Thorpe and Dennis Compton. In first innings, he averaged 26 with the bat and 50 with the ball,. a bizarre symmetry.

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