Ben Stokes believes removing the fear of failure has been behind England’s remarkable turnaround in Test cricket and a year that ended with them becoming the first team in history to claim a 3-0 series clean sweep in Pakistan
was secured on the fourth morning in Karachi to make it nine wins from 10 Tests under Stokes and head coach, Brendon McCullum. Fittingly, the captain was out in the middle when Ben Duckett crashed the winning boundary to complete a target of 167 that was vaporised in just 28.1 overs.Stokes had been trying to break a world record, attempting the 108th six of his Test career to surpass McCullum’s tally from his playing days.
Stokes, who was 35 not out with Duckett unbeaten on 82, said: “It won’t really sink in until we get home or in the new year but we understand what we’ve done is pretty special. To win 3-0 out here, it will be something to be really proud of. “I think just releasing that fear of failure is why we’ve produced the results. When you take that burden off individuals and the team, you see players excelling and showing more within themselves.
“No one is worried about getting out. You don’t want to get out … but when that fear of failure isn’t there, you’re not tentative and you make better decisions. “It is a great time to be in this dressing room and playing for England. I’m just encouraging everyone to turn up every day and enjoy what you’re doing. Obviously it is easier to do when we are winning the way we are at the moment. We’ve had Jimmy Anderson smiling, which is an impressive thing in itself.”Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images
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