Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj were the stars in an exceptional series
By the 99.94 Cricket Blog
Ben Stokes: 304 runs at 43.4; 17 wickets at 25.2
It is no exaggeration to say that a magnificent series like this is the product of how Baz McCullum and Ben Stokes have reinvented English Test cricket, a change comparable to Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque’s revolution of European art a century ago.
The England captain was back to his best as a bowler, moving the ball, finding bounce and going the extra miles. His batting suffered a little, but he signed off at Manchester with a century. His run out of Rishabh Pant at Lord’s was brilliant in conception and execution, and turned a tight Test England’s way.
