BENS BACK
6/21/202621 min
After Englands humbling 253 run defeat, simon Mann and Simon Wilde discuss the imminent return of Ben Stokes, his relationship with Brendan McCullum and was England’s defeat an accident waiting to happen after the events of the previous fortnight.
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Simon Mann· Host0:59
Hello, and welcome to The Analyst Inside Cricket. My name is Simon Mann, and today I'm joined by Simon Wilde because Simon Hughes is still sunning himself in Ibiza. He'll be back shortly, but he's missed all the big news of the week, all the big stories in cricket. Uh, Brendan McCullum has just given a press conference in which he said there's never a dull day in English cricket, let alone a dull week. And the news is, Simon, that Ben Stokes is back as captain for the next test match. Kind of makes you think, what