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Akshobh Giridharadas
4 min readAug 26, 2019

Ben Stokes Heroics in the Third Ashes Test Made All the Difference

This is the story of a third Ashes Test in one English summer, where England came in with their backs against the wall.

They were down in the series, after having lost the first Test and having just drawn the second at Lord’s. And then miraculously, against all the odds, they recovered — oh and how they recovered — to pip Australia in the third Test at Headingley thanks to the heroics of a phenomenal England allrounder who chipped in with both bat and ball. But enough…

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Akshobh Giridharadas

A journalist by profession. He writes about business & finance, geopolitics, sports & tech news. He is a TEDx & Toastmasters speaker. Follow him @Akshobh