In an extract published by the Daily Mail from Stokes’ book ‘On Fire’, the stylish left-hand batsman revealed the relentless crosstalks he had to endure from the Australians, especially from David Warner, which according to him, was intolerable. In a detailed review of the tense situation, Stokes has written that Warner’s banter gave him extra motivation to perform.
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David Warner endured a torturous 2019 Ashes campaign, scoring only 95 runs in 10 innings at an average of only 9.50. Warner became Stuart Broad’s bunny as the England pacer claimed Warner’s wicket seven times out of 10. In his book, the all-rounder also wrote:
In an extremely proud way, Stokes wrote that he had a lot of retaliation in mind over the continuous bantering but eventually let his bat do the talking. Stokes took on Warner head-on stating that the nickname ‘Humble’ given by his teammates post his return had all gone down the drain as he was back to his ways of annoying the opposition batsman with adamant chirping to get under their skin. He wrote:
Ben Stokes had a phenomenal Ashes series post a dramatic 2019 World Cup final win against New Zealand. A summer, which will be remembered for his exploits in two of the biggest events in cricketing terms, Stokes won the player of the match in the 2019 WC final and followed it up with a player of the series in 2019 Ashes, scoring 441 runs and taking eight wickets.
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