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\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cIt’s been a real decline\u2026 His demotion of himself down to number seven behind Jamie Smith is as much perhaps to do with him as it is to do with how highly they rate Jamie Smith,\u201d Michael Atherton said on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince being at number three in the world, so we’re talking it’s around about six, roughly six years between now and then, he’s played 60 test matches and nine matches in sort of a longer format, a red ball format, outside of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ben Stokes edges past his best long<\/h2>\n
Stokes is currently 35, has gone through multiple injury issues, and might have edged past his best gradually during the last few years. The former cricketers also point out that age could be a reason behind the star all-rounder’s lack of performance in recent days.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as why, I mean, he doesn’t look to be any sort of different player, and as you get older, sometimes the reflexes slow down; his bowling has gone that way, and his batting has gone that way. Captaincy plays into that, you know, you’ll remember. He’s not played a lot of cricket outside, for a variety of reasons, injury and all kinds of things,\u201d Mark Butcher said.<\/p>\n