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Stokes Oz win away from being GOAT

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HIS place in the pantheon of cricketing greats is already assured

Surely Ben Stokes has nothing left to prove with either bat or ball in his hand.

Yet he does.

Don't shoot the messenger, but Stokes remains unfulfilled as a sportsman, despite all of his remarkable achievements.

He's won the World Cup and been man of the match in the most astonishing final in history.

He's been ICC Cricketer of the Year twice and played the most astonishing Test innings of all time to help England win an Ashes Test at Headingley in 2019.

Footage of his 135 not out that glorious afternoon in Leeds still looks surreal.