Now that’s the problem when you stick your hand up to be the all-action hero. Sometimes you can pull it off. Other times it comes back to bite you.

Ben Stokes would have felt just terrible last night. Although I am sure his teammates rallied round him it will be of no consolation to the England all-rounder after he saw his first 4 balls of the final over disappear into the stands.
Never mind the fact that, in reality, it was the batsmen who lost the world cup T20 final to the West Indies. Never mind that Stokes pulled off three catches earlier to Charles, Gayle and Russell, all proven match winners themselves. All he will be thinking about – and no doubt beating himself up over it – is why he planted four successive balls right into Carlos Brathwaite’s slot.
And to think it was only a few weeks ago that he scored the quickest, most unbelievable test double hundred in South Africa. That’s the thing about sport, and the beauty. It can make you feel twelve foot tall and then, seemingly in a flash, twelve inches tall. As Sir Alex Ferguson could have said: “Cricket! Bloody hell!”
One thing is for certain. If you have the balls (excuse the pun) to be the man always at the centre of the action you will cop it from time to time. But Ben Stokes has a long and mainly incredibly successful career still ahead of him while this collection of one day cricketers, at least a year ahead of their expected evolution, can look forward to many great days that will far outweigh the disappointments.
And for that all English cricket fans should rejoice.