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Every Test match should have a Ben Stokes (or even a Chris Gayle)

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9 January 2016

9:00 AM

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

On Sunday morning a friend texted: ‘You watching the big bash, or the domestic stuff down in Australia?’ On one channel, you could be in Cape Town as Ben Stokes slaughtered the bowling attack of the world’s No.1 side; one click and you were in Brisbane at the Gabba to see the Heat play the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash T20 League.

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