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'Test cricket isn't boring and Stokesy is Superman'

Nah, none of us can quite believe it yet, Broady.

Don't think anyone in the England dressing room, including assistant coach Paul Collingwood, would have had any nails left to chew.

Nasser Hussain had said this at the start of the summer, when Stokes pulled off a stunning catch at the Oval. Would he have thought he'd be repeating it this late in the season, in this context?

Eoin Morgan's witnessed these superhuman feats in close quarters recently, and all he had was... a shrug emoji.

The comparisons were inevitable.

You know it's been a Test match for the ages when it's got footballers tweeting in the middle of a Premier League weekend.

Hear, hear.

Test cricket's died a million deaths, but is it safe to say there won't be any new obituaries for a while now?

There was applause from the opposing camp, deservedly so.

Jack Leach's 1* was equally important to sealing the win, and he got his well-deserved moment under the sun. Stokes himself led the way.

In the middle of all that heated battle, Leach found time to wipe his glasses.