What an absolutely bizarre day. Perhaps a fitting end to the ‘Bazball’ era as surely the eponymous man will be on his way too.
The timing was very odd and it was a messily handled circus. I can only speculate but something must have gone on behind the scenes for it to come out on the fourth afternoon of a deciding Test that was still alive, albeit with England as clear second favourites.
But despite his faults, Stokes is a phenomenal cricketer who has provided us with some of England’s greatest moments that will remain etched in my mind forever.