Ben Stokes turns damp squib into cathartic release by pouching Kohli | Ali Martin
(The Guardian Sports News)

Roar at catching India´s captain on 97 shows England all-rounder´s relief at being back centre stage for the right reasonsWho writes your scripts? So asked Graham Gooch of Ian Botham at the Oval in 1986 after the all-rounder picked up a wicket with his first ball back in Test cricket after a 63-day ban for admitting to smoking dope.This was one of many scene-stealing moments in Botham´s outstanding career, making New Zealand´s Bruce Edgar Test victim No 355 and, therefore, equalling Dennis Lillee´s world record before, just 11 balls later, making it his own when Jeff Crowe (match referee for this current series with India) was pinned lbw with a ball that jagged back in. Continue reading...