Captain Ben Stokes says anyone writing him or his England team off after their 4-1 series defeat in India does so 'at your own peril'.
Captain Ben Stokes says anyone writing him or his England team off after their 4-1 series defeat in India does so "at your own peril".
"We will use this as the inspiration to become a better team," said Stokes "That is the mentality that we have." But since then England have lost seven of their past 12 matches and are three series without a win. The 1-1 draw in New Zealand was followed by a one-off success against Ireland, before a 2-2 draw in the Ashes and now this heavy loss.
England's swashbuckling style of play, particularly in the successful home summer of 2022, was labelled 'Bazball' after McCullum's nickname. But the tourists slumped to 113-6 through misplaced attempts at aggression. Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Ben Foakes were all guilty off ugly strokes against off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who marked his 100th Test with 5-77."The lads go out there with plans and try to implement those," said Stokes. "When that comes with risk that can sometimes be your downfall. Everyone goes out there with intentions but it doesn't always pay off.
"He's been an amazing performer for a very long period of time now," said Stokes. "He's an incredible athlete and one of the all-time greats.
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