Ashes 20223: Australia dash Ben Stokes heroics at Lord's to go 2-0 up amid chaos
Ashes 20223: Australia dash Ben Stokes heroics at Lord's to go 2-0 up amid chaos
Australia lead the Ashes 2-0. It was the result almost everyone expected when Day Five began at Lord’s following a fair reflection of a Test in which they consistently outplayed the opposition.
But for a few fevered hours, things could have been so different. With Ben Stokes in the middle, he and England believed that maybe another miracle was on the cards.
In 2019 he produced two: dragging England to a World Cup final win at Lord’s and then rescuing the impossible in that extraordinary Ashes win at Headingley. Today he attempted to combine the two, almost pulling off something even more unbelievable in the process.
The day began with England needing 257 to win, Australia six wickets – a proposition made a little easier by the fact that the last four of those would not look out of place batting at no. 11.
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