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POST-COURT, STOKES JUST HASN’T LOOKED THE SAME ON THE FIELD

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The Cricket Paper Team
17 May 2019

Nature and nurture: You feel England will need the old Ben Stokes back if they are going to win the World Cup this summer
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Derek Pringle assesses the on-field impact of England all-rounder Ben Stokes since his infamous court case last summer
was Ben Stokes’ promotion up the batting order at Bristol just coincidence, or an attempt by England to help him exorcise the demons he unleashed there 18 months ago and from which he has demonstrably not recovered, at least on a cricket field?
He made 37 off 38 balls in an England win where minimal pressure was exerted ...