I understand he's suffering from some niggle. I hope he doesn't fall away as a bowler, because he has the potential to be a legit great of the game. No glaring technical flaws in either discipline, and genuine X-factor to boot.
They're happy enough to throw in a youngster who's never previously batted above 6 that high up and I'd rank Stokes ahead of him as a batsman
There is no if, Cook cannot play. Unless it is reported ICC pitch.
Pretty sure we can talk as much as we like about it. If you’d like to talk about something interesting in order avoid such things then I’d be happy to chat! If not then let’s all continue going crazy until tomorrow morning when Joe wins another coin toss.
They are just playing him in that match so that he remains match fit.Did you know BK is playing a LO game right now, as if Kohli & Shastri effing India's chances for the test series wasn't enough, the national selectors wanna do the same for the rest of the season
SA A 31/3 (11.0 ov, PJ Malan 8*, S Muthusamy 7*, B Kumar 2/15) - Live | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo
Match fit for Asia Cup? How did his last outing turn out
BK didn't
Because you can play through a lot of injuries. If IPL is important to you then you'll play through it, and sit out a series that isn't as important to you.
I think Stokes has demonstrated he has the ability to bat the type of innings required of a number four in the last test match.
