KEVIN MCCALLUM: When Stokes met Bavball, the genesis of Bazball
23 June 2023 - 05:00
Long before he led the dawning of the age of Bazball, Ben Stokes played a significant role in creating Bavball in a game in which the Englishman epitomised Bazball. January 5 2016, fourth day of the New Year’s Test at Newlands and Temba Bavuma inside edges Stokes past his stumps.
The camera swings to Stokes, as it must, and he says, slowly and deliberately in case Bavuma isn’t clear about how he is thinking: “You are absolutely shit.”..
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