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ENG vs WI: “When His Name Gets Read Out, The Whole Crowd Is Up” – Ben Stokes Awestruck By Mark Wood’s Thunderbolts

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England have sealed the test series against West Indies they started pretty well in their home series and would like to continue their winning streak. Ben Stokes and Co will aim to whitewash the series, the last match will be held at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

England hasn’t been consistent since they lost the test series against India this year by 4-1. Keeping the WTC points table in mind England would like to play even better than past test series.

Ben Stokes hails Mark Wood

Pace bowling is the most difficult job and it needs more fitness bowlers to sweat even more so they succeed in the matches. Pacers like Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younis, Jasprit Bumrah, Kapil Dev, etc. all have been successful in their respective eras and have played a huge role in their country. Even England’s speedster Mark Wood who always clocks his pace more than his potential has, almost touches 150, and his average pace is around 145-147 which is very strange but he is known for this, so most of the time he suffers from injury because of such pace bowling. But the audience cheers when he comes to bowl because his bowling is a treat to watch uprooting the stumps, misjudging the batter, and even distract by his unpredictable lengths. While addressing to media Ben Stokes hails Mark Wood for his pace and overall performance, Ben Stokes:

“The whole game changes. When his name gets read out, the whole crowd is up, then when the speeds are on the big screen, everyone gets going. Woody is always looking up at the screen as well to see what he’s clocking. He’s got the heart of a lion. He runs in spell after spell, ball after ball.

“Although he didn’t get the rewards he wanted last week, he knows he affects the game in more than just wickets. That showed last week. I think someone will pay this summer, either West Indies this game or Sri Lanka.”

Bowlers do play a huge role as they are the ones who make the match more entertaining because whenever the match reaches a certain point then the run chase gets even more thriller, and it’s the bowler only who wins the match for the team. Mark Wood is consistent with his game due to his injuries he gets benched or else he his left out of the team but still team management invests in him more especially in red-ball cricket because his contribution in this format is most important.

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