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    How miracle man Ben Stokes ‘changed the game’ and reached 100 England Test caps

    by Cameron Ponsonby Feb 14, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Getty

    As the England team woke on the morning of 1 December 2022, there was an option not to play cricket. Day one of England’s first Test tour to Pakistan since 2005 was in the balance, as a virus had wiped out the visitors’ squad and backroom staff to the point where it would’ve been a physical impossibility to field a team without picking members of the Barmy Army.

    himself had been one of the worst affected. With the captain unable to do his traditional pre-match media routines, stood in and questioned how bad it would really be to wait one more day for a series

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