BOTH Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt tonight promised to KNIGHT Ben Stokes after his heroics in yesterday’s Cricket World Cup Final. The Tory leadership rivals both pledged to honour the all-rounder after his performance at Lord’s, with BoJo even joking he would make him a Duke. It would represent the ultimate redemption story for the […]
BOTH Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt tonight promised to KNIGHT Ben Stokes after his heroics in yesterday’s Cricket World Cup Final.
The Tory leadership rivals both pledged to honour the all-rounder after his performance at Lord’s, with BoJo even joking he would make him a Duke.
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It would represent the ultimate redemption story for the cricketer, after his involvement in a late night fracas two years ago landed him in court.
During tonight’s Sun and talkRADIO leadership debate, our political editor Tom Newton Dunn asked the pair if they would knight Stokes in a quickfire round of questions.
Johnson relished at the question, mumbling that he would give the highest honour possible to the sportsman, up to a “Dukedom.”
Hunt then swiftly followed with the answer: “Of course”.
The comments came as Stokes attended a Downing Street bash to honour our cricketing heroes, 24 hours on from what has been called the greatest cricket match of all time.
Stokes top-scored in the epic battle, with 84 not out, and his crucial runs in the last over, including some overthrows luckily deflected off his bat, saw England reach a super over – where he batted with Jos Buttler to see Eoin Morgan’s men win in incredible fashion.
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