{"id":16549,"date":"2023-03-01T10:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/nz-vs-eng-2023-ben-stokes-opens-up-about-englands-one-run-defeat-against-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:25:50","slug":"nz-vs-eng-2023-ben-stokes-opens-up-about-englands-one-run-defeat-against-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/nz-vs-eng-2023-ben-stokes-opens-up-about-englands-one-run-defeat-against-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ vs ENG 2023: Ben Stokes opens up about England\u2019s one-run defeat against New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cricket fans were on the edge of their seats when <strong>England<\/strong> needed just two runs to complete a whitewash over <strong>New Zealand<\/strong> in the two-match Test series whereas the Blackcaps were one wicket away from victory.<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, New Zealand pacer <strong>Neil Wagner<\/strong> his counterpart <strong>James Anderson<\/strong> caught behind down the leg side, helping the hosts register a famous 1-run win to level the series 1-1.<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><amp-twitter width=\"auto\" height=\"197\" layout=\"fixed-height\" data-tweetid=\"1630404979751018496\" class=\"twitter-tweet i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" style=\"height:197px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed-height\"><button overflow=\"\" type=\"button\">See more<\/button><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" placeholder=\"\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT A GAME OF CRICKET<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand have won it by the barest of margins\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This is test cricket at its finest \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NZvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NZvENG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cFgtFBIkR4\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/cFgtFBIkR4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportcricket\/status\/1630404979751018496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/amp-twitter><\/p>\n<p>In the post-match interview, England skipper <strong>Ben Stokes<\/strong> said <em>\u201cthat game is what Test cricket is about\u201d<\/em> and it was incredible to be involved in such a thrilling contest.<\/p>\n<p>England became just the fourth team to lose a Test match after enforcing a follow. Australia was the first team to record the unwanted feat as they <a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/web-stories\/heres-a-list-of-teams-that-won-a-test-after-follow-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost to England by 10 runs way back in 1894<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat game is what Test cricket is about, it was just incredible. The emotions we were going through and obviously the Kiwi boys out there as well. Was incredible to be involved in such a Test match. Everyone\u2019s got their money\u2019s worth,\u201d<\/em> said Stokes.<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was a case of assessing the situations, we always knew that at some point in that partnership (between himself and Root), Tim was gonna have to roll the dice with something. Wags came on and blew the game open for them. For myself and Joe there, that was our opportunity to pounce,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p>About the short-balls bowled by the Kiwi pacers, Stokes said: <em>\u201cSometimes things don\u2019t happen the way you want them to. With those bouncer plans, we had to make a decision and obviously, it didn\u2019t come off for us. It was an opportunity for us to score runs there. As soon as Waggie came on to do those bouncers, I saw it as an opportunity to maybe take 20 runs off the over and then bring the game even more in our favour.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCredit to Waggie and Tim [Southee] for coming up with that idea.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><amp-ad noloading=\"\" width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9195056396268201\" data-ad-slot=\"7342653436\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:100vw;height:320px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crickettimes.com\/2023\/03\/nz-vs-eng-2023-ben-stokes-opens-up-about-englands-one-run-defeat-against-new-zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket fans were on the edge of their seats when England needed just two runs to complete a whitewash over New Zealand in the two-match Test series whereas the Blackcaps were one wicket away from victory. As it turned out, New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner his counterpart James Anderson caught behind down the leg side, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[311,87,85,167,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-16549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-ben-stokes","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}