England-West Indies series
Stokes hits back at Australian media over ‘lucky to witness’ comment
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England Test captain Ben Stokes has responded to Australian media's misinterpretation of his words from the recently released Ashes documentary by the ECB.
Stokes was shown in the docu-series, attempting to inspire his team after the conclusion of the fourth Test. He stated that his team would be remembered forever by those fortunate enough to witness them play and stressed that their innovative style of play was more significant than the trophy.
“Everything we’ve done up until now isn’t going to stop because we haven’t managed to win the urn back. The reward for our work isn’t what we get but what we become. And what we have managed to do is we’ve managed to become a sports team that will live forever in the memory of people who were lucky enough to witness us play cricket,” Stokes was quoted as saying by the cricket.com.au.
“I know it’s going to be a bit flat, I know it’s going to hurt that we go into the next game (at The Oval) not being able to get the urn back. But what we have done is something a lot bigger than any Ashes trophy could ever signify for this team – be the team that everybody will always remember,” he added.
However, his comments were misinterpreted by Australian media as self-praise, but the English skipper quickly responded to the matter.
“Said this to the team who had watched it rain for 2 days when we had our foot on your throats, just tried to cheer up the disappointment tbh,but anyways rent free and all that ðŸëá,” wrote Stokes replying t on his X account.
England will face the West Indies in a three-match Test series starting on July 10.