Ashes 2023: Ben Stokes Defends Decision To Declare 1st Innings, What Can Happen Next?

Ashes 2023: Ben Stokes Defends Decision To Declare 1st Innings, What Can Happen Next?:

England captain Ben Stokes has defended his decision after the unexpected defeat of the Edgbaston Test match, in which he declared England’s innings after eight wickets fell during the first innings.

It was the first day and Joe Root was at the crease after scoring a brilliant century, but after 78 overs, Ben Stokes declared the innings after scoring 393 runs at the loss of 8 wickets.

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Stokes says in its defense that, I am the captain and I took this decision seeing an opportunity to put Australia under pressure. No opening batsman likes to arrive 20 minutes before the end of the day’s play.

Ashes 2023: Australia had to field the pair of Usman Khawaja and David Warner on the first day after Stokes declared, but the English bowlers were unable to take their wickets in those four overs.

Ben Stokes defends his every decision saying that what has happened is past. I don’t want to talk about the situation that if it were like this it would be like that, if it were like that it would be like that. Who knows whether we would get to see such an interesting match then!

Ben Stokes’s policies were not very wrong as the England cricket team was heading towards an easy victory on the 5th day, but Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon’s unbroken 55-run partnership came in front of them.

Due to this partnership, the Australian cricket team chased the target of 281 runs despite falling for 8 wickets for 227 runs and defeated the British by 2 wickets. Ben Stokes says that a lot of things happened on all five days. The truth is that the result of the match could have gone any other way.

But, the England team is going to show the same approach in the coming 4 matches, for which it is known. Stokes says that he wants to focus on his team’s style of play and does not want to see what the opposition team is doing. Still four matches left, a lot of cricket to be played and our focus is on that.

The second Test match of the Ashes is going to start on June 28 at Lord’s. Australia has a vital 1-0 lead and has taken their first points in the third World Test Championship cycle in Ashes 2023.

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