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With Stokes out injured, England should pick five-man bowling attack
Without all-rounder’s exhaustive talents, history supports picking an extra bowler and his Durham team-mate Potts is a prime candidate
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Andrew Flintoff on Top Gear crash: ‘I should not be here’
Former cricketer speaks for the first time about the accident as he reveals the lasting effect it has had on his mental health
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England now have a blueprint to take down Australia: extreme pace
Ben Stokes might conceivably take a battery of five electrifying quicks who can bowl at over 90mph Down Under in 2025
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Jos Buttler to remain England white-ball captain with Matthew Mott exit imminent
Lack of recent short-format success could see skipper handed more power with search for new coach set to get underway in earnest
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Watch: Ireland’s all-run five en route to first-ever home Test win
Ireland started the day as heavy underdogs but Andy McBrine and Lorcan Tucker delivered a brilliant victory over Zimbabwe
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Wes Hall on bowling most famous over in Test cricket: ‘I ignored my captain’s wishes’
Exclusive interview: As bowler of the final eight balls in the first-ever tied Test, the West Indies great recounts the memorable finale
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Why no one wants to host Olympic Games anymore
Los Angeles will stage Games in 2028 in part because there was no viable alternative and there is growing grass-roots opposition within city
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The devastating science of 90mph bowling: So quick you are effectively blind
It is easy to think speed is the biggest worry but the greatest challenge for batsmen is simply working out where the ball is going to be
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Shoaib Bashir: I didn’t copy Cole Palmer’s celebration – I don’t really watch football
Off-spinner bowled England to victory in second Test against the West Indies, taking 5-41 in second innings at Trent Bridge
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Harry Brook’s first home Test century shows even more to come from England’s great talent
Yorkshire batsman combined abundant shot-making with newly developed restraint to deliver hugely promising display
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Familiar tale as England struggle to cut off the tail
After West Indies’ 10th-wicket pair offer unlikely resistance, Telegraph Sport analyses why Stokes’s bowlers struggle against lower order
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Chris Woakes makes underwhelming start as England’s leader of attack
Late wicket of Kavem Hodge could not mask an ineffective day with ball in conditions that, like Australia, did not play to his strengths
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Ben Stokes to sign SA T20 deal worth around £800,000
Exclusive: By joining MI Cape Town, the all-rounder misses England’s T20 series in India, although he is not currently a part of that set-up
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Ben Stokes offers tantalising hope that his batting and bowling will again flourish in tandem
England captain looks well-rounded against West Indies with runs at measured tempo