Ben Stokes: England captain 'lucky' to be part of thrilling loss to New Zealand
Ben Stokes: England captain 'lucky' to be part of thrilling loss to New Zealand
The Black Caps edged England in one of the best ever finishes to draw the two-game series 1-1.
"It's disappointing not to win, but we're looking at the big picture," Stokes told BT Sport.
"What everyone enjoyed here today is probably bigger than any disappointment so far.
"Being like this for the past half hour is all you want.
"And even though we came out on the wrong side, you can't help but feel blessed that we managed to be a part of an amazing game like cell ui-there."
Talking to BBC Sport about when James Anderson was fired to seal Victory of the New Zealand, Stokes said, "I didn't know how Jimmy would react when he left.
"He's been in these positions before where he left disappointed, but the fact that he left smiling made everything we talk about and talk about true and a reality."
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Stokes said he has no regrets about having applied the following measures: although New Zealand become only the fourth team in history to win a Test when asked to do so.
"Imagine being a captain in hindsight? That's not something I would ever do," he said.
"It was always our game to lose once we had imposed the suite. The logic was that our bowlers had torn their first order three innings in a row and we knew New Zealand had to play pretty much the perfect game to put us in a situation like this.
" Beating in the final innings chasing 250 is not something we worried but you have to give New Zealand huge credit not just for the way they hit their second innings but the way they played and managed to get early wickets with not too many runs on the board. /p>
"Other teams are allowed to pay better than us and New Zealand have played better than us this week ."
New Zealand captain Tim Southee said the dramatic finale could only be good for the longest form in the game.
"Gotta say it ranks up there", a- he declared. "There was only one hand full of sides to call and win, so that's pretty special.
"We were on the back foot after two days and the character shown over the last...
The Black Caps edged England in one of the best ever finishes to draw the two-game series 1-1.
"It's disappointing not to win, but we're looking at the big picture," Stokes told BT Sport.
"What everyone enjoyed here today is probably bigger than any disappointment so far.
"Being like this for the past half hour is all you want.
"And even though we came out on the wrong side, you can't help but feel blessed that we managed to be a part of an amazing game like cell ui-there."
Talking to BBC Sport about when James Anderson was fired to seal Victory of the New Zealand, Stokes said, "I didn't know how Jimmy would react when he left.
"He's been in these positions before where he left disappointed, but the fact that he left smiling made everything we talk about and talk about true and a reality."
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Stokes said he has no regrets about having applied the following measures: although New Zealand become only the fourth team in history to win a Test when asked to do so.
"Imagine being a captain in hindsight? That's not something I would ever do," he said.
"It was always our game to lose once we had imposed the suite. The logic was that our bowlers had torn their first order three innings in a row and we knew New Zealand had to play pretty much the perfect game to put us in a situation like this.
" Beating in the final innings chasing 250 is not something we worried but you have to give New Zealand huge credit not just for the way they hit their second innings but the way they played and managed to get early wickets with not too many runs on the board. /p>
"Other teams are allowed to pay better than us and New Zealand have played better than us this week ."
New Zealand captain Tim Southee said the dramatic finale could only be good for the longest form in the game.
"Gotta say it ranks up there", a- he declared. "There was only one hand full of sides to call and win, so that's pretty special.
"We were on the back foot after two days and the character shown over the last...
