Nobody seemed more suited to bowling England’s final over than their young star but it will take time to arrive to terms with what happened nextNineteen. N-n-n-n-nineteen,for those primitive enough to remember Paul Hardcastle. Nineteen runs to defend in the final over of the competition and the World Twenty20 trophy would be in England’s hands. Ben Stokes to bowl it, a young player gaining a reputation as a dependable “death” bowler.
There is a record of a footballer waiting to take a late decisive penalty in a vital match. “ I wouldn’t like to be in his boots now, or ” said the commentator. I would,” responded the watching George Best. That is Stokes. If Eoin Morgan had tried to pull a left-field masterstroke and give the ball to someone else, Stokes would bear snatched it away, and told the captain what he thought of it and marched to his mark. It is precisely for that sort of situation,he will tell you, that he plays the game.
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Source: theguardian.com