On August 25 in 2019, fans across the world witnessed one of the memorable finishes to a game of cricket when Ben Stokes saved the English side from the jaws of defeat and single-handedly won them the third Ashes Test at Headingley by 1 wicket. The game which is considered as one of the greatest Test matches ever played witnessed Stokes helping England level the five-match series 1-1. England Cricket’s official twitter handle celebrated the memorable victory with this tweet on Tuesday (August 25, 2020): Take a bow, @benstokes38! The greatest innings in Test history #OnThisDay last year! pic.twitter.com/evSxIUnKxg — England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 25, 2020 No one would have placed their bets on England when they folded up for a paltry 67 in their first innings, in reply to Australia’s total of 179. Australia, playing without their talisman Steven Smith, could only muster 246 in their second innings even though his replacement Marnus Labuschagne proved to be a fine deputy, scoring fine half-centuries in both innings. England were set a target of 359 by the Aussies, with the match all but lost for the hosts. England lost both their openers early which made the target seemingly impossible to fathom…. Read full this story
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