Ben Stokes may well have given the team dietician nightmares after doing the same to Australia’s bowlers by revealing takeaway chicken and chocolate bars had fuelled his remarkable unbeaten century that saw England to a staggering one-wicket win in the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Sunday.
All-rounder Stokes was 61 not out, with England on 286-9, when he was joined out in the middle by last man Jack Leach.
It was the cue for Stokes, already a national hero following his batting fireworks in England’s World Cup final win over New Zealand at Lord’s last month, to switch into one-day mode.
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