Botham: Stokes a better player than I was at 24

“I think as a player full stop he is probably better than I was at 24”

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Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham believes that Ben Stokes is a better player than he was at 24.

Sledging is ‘part of the game and you have to accept that’, says Graham Gooch

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“It’s always been the way with bowlers and some teams down the years to try to intimidate batsmen”

England batting coach Graham Gooch has announced that sledging has become a “part of the game” and batsmen simply “have to accept that”.