England captain Ben Stokes was pleased to take pleasure in a panoramic return to the pitch as his record-breaking century put Durham in management at Worcestershire.
The newly-appointed Take a look at skipper hit 17 sixes as he made 161 from 88 balls in his first innings since England’s third-Take a look at defeat to the West Indies in March.
“It was good enjoyable,” he stated.
Ben Stokes hits a six towards Worcestershire (David Davies/PA)
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“I feel the sport received arrange very properly by our prime 5. I simply needed to play the scenario after which, as soon as we received our final batting level, it was about making an attempt to get as many runs as we may.
“Franky (Durham head coach James Franklin) likes his information up within the dressing room when folks obtain them, so he simply learn them out.
“There are information you don’t know and folks convey them up. You don’t play the sport for stuff like that.”
Stokes exceeded by one the document of 16 sixes in a Championship innings beforehand achieved by Andrew Symonds for Gloucestershire and Graham Napier for Essex.
He hit solely eight fours alongside the way in which – though one in all them got here as he fell agonisingly wanting equalling one other notable batting feat, having hit the primary 5 balls of a Josh Baker over for six.
“I knew as I hit the ultimate supply that it didn’t fairly have the legs!” he stated, earlier than encouraging Baker to answer the expertise as Stokes himself did after his last-over nightmare towards the West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite within the World T20 closing in 2016.
“Hopefully he can use the expertise,” he stated. “I do know Richo (Alan Richardson, Worcestershire bowling coach) fairly properly so I’m positive he’ll get round him and ensure it doesn’t knock his confidence.
“It’s an expertise for everybody, and personally, I do know what it’s like, and simply hope he doesn’t look into it an excessive amount of.
Ed Barnard, one other of the Worcestershire bowlers on the improper finish of Stokes’ onslaught, hailed a “particular participant”.
“It was fairly unimaginable stuff from Ben Stokes,” he stated. “Clearly not good to be on the receiving finish however generally you’ve received to provide respect to what he has carried out.
“A few of that ball putting was fairly clear. He’s a particular participant and fairly unimaginable to witness.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
