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Ben Stokes watched as England buried New Zealand under a blizzard of boundaries to win the third Test and complete a series clean sweep before calling on professional players around the country to adopt the same hyper-aggressive approach if they have international ambitions of their own.
“I knew that everyone would buy into this mentality that me and Brendon [McCullum] wanted out of this team but I didn’t think it would go this well,” Stokes said. “I think these last three games should have sent a message to people who aspire to play Test cricket for England over the next two or three years at least.
Written by Simon Burnton at Headingley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/27/ben-stokes-calls-on-aspiring-test-players-to-match-englands-aggressive-approach under the title “Ben Stokes calls on aspiring Test players to match England’s aggressive approach”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
