The Ashes are Alive!
Aug 25, 2019
2019 will be remembered as the Year of Benjamin Andrew Stokes. England won the World Cup last month thanks to the magnificent performance of Ben Stokes. Today, England made their highest fourth-innings run chase in history to win thanks to Ben Stokes.
The entire England cricket team was out for 67 runs in the first innings. Stokes hit 135 runs in the fourth. The talent and audacity of this man was absolutely jaw-dropping as he smashed 19 runs off Hazlewood's last over. Who the hell hits 8 sixes in the fourth innings of a Test match!?!
When Lyon fumbled that run out, it must have really hurt the Aussies. That was their clear chance to win ... by 1 run! Instead, Leach got the most applause anyone has ever gotten for scoring only 1 run when he got Stokes on strike in the very next over. Of course, Stokes finished it with a safe boundary.
Whatever England is paying Ben Stokes is not enough.
Lots of incredible stats from the game like this one:
67 - England's first-innings total. There are only three instances of teams scoring fewer runs in an innings, in a Test match they ended up winning, and they were all in the 1880s.
In other words, nobody alive today has witnessed such a stunning cricket match before.
Saw the game live (last 1 hr) and it is easily the most gripping match I have ever seen in my 56 yrs.
Stuff one day you can tell your grand children.
Posted by: Tambi Dude | Aug 30, 2019 at 12:04 PM
One month: Winning the World Cup final by the smallest margin possible.
Next month: Beating the old enemy in a Test match by the smallest margin possible.
Ben Stokes will never be forgotten.
Posted by: Isaac Schrödinger | Aug 30, 2019 at 12:13 PM