‘If we play our best game of
Cricket we can beat most teams’England top of T20 rankings after 3-0 series win in
South Africa Ben Stokes has described England’s potential in Twenty20 cricket as “scary” and, while wary of sounding cocky, fancies they are reaching the stage where they can take down any team in the world.
As the heartbeat of the dressing room, Stokes is always a useful barometer of confidence levels. After the 3-0 series win in South Africa these appear to be soaring, much like the 94-metre straight six that Dawid Malan launched off Lungi Ngidi while plundering Tuesday night’s unbeaten 99 from only 47 balls.