Ashes 2023: Ben Stokes reveals ‘awkward’ spa encounter with fan which bolstered religion in Bazball

By India Today Sports Desk: England captain Ben Stokes has revealed an ungainly spa encounter he had with a fan that bolstered his religion within the Bazball mantra.

The new method beneath Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum has modified the best way Test cricket has been performed and has additionally yielded good outcomes for England. They have gained 11 of their final 14 Tests.

However, after the loss at Edgbaston to Australia within the first Ashes 2023 Test, there was a number of criticism directed on the technique. Despite that, lots of the gamers like Joe Root and James Anderson have said that England would proceed taking part in in the identical approach.

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Stokes has now revealed a chat he had with a fan that bolstered his religion in Bazball. Speaking forward of the Lord’s Test, the England captain mentioned that he met an individual who wasn’t an ardent follower of cricket however informed him that he obtained transfixed on the sport after seeing the best way England was taking part in.

“I had a conversation in the men’s changing room at a spa about the game, which was a bit awkward,” Stokes informed reporters at Lord’s.

“He said ‘are you the cricketer or do you just look like him?’ And I was like, yeah, it is me.

“He just said, ‘I went down to the pub after work and I don’t even follow cricket, I was just going to go down for a quick few’. He ended up having a few more and said he was just transfixed on the game.”

Stokes mentioned that he feels Bazball is bringing in a brand new fanbase to the sport and it is serving to cricket attain extra folks.

“So when you hear stuff like that, it obviously makes you feel good about what we’re doing, that it’s bringing a new fanbase to the game and it’s reaching people that it might never have reached before.”