Enjoyment bigger than disappointment of losing: Stokes after Eng lose by 1 run

England captain Ben Stokes feels blessed to be involved in a dramatic and highquality game of cricket that his side lost by just one run saying the enjoyment of being part of the thriller has outweighed the disappointment of losing the second TestNew Zealand defeated England by one run in a sensational finish at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday to level the twomatch series 11It is only the fourth occasion in Test history that a team forced to followon has gone on to win the match with the previous occasions being England in 1894 and 1981 and India in 2001Its disappointing to not win obviously But we look at the bigger picture of what everyones enjoyed and seen here today Its probably bigger than the disappointment at the moment said Stokes who tasted a rare defeat since taking over as captain last yearIts very disappointing to lose but you cant help but be excited that weve been a part of a game like thatIts right up there Going down to the last day being in the situation of that last half an hour its everything you wish for Even though we came out on the wrong side of it you cant help but feel blessed that weve managed to be a part of that incredible game added the allrounder who has won 10 Tests out of the 12 he has captained after taking over from Joe RootThe 31yearold added that the gamut of emotions his team and also the opposing side went through was incredible and gave spectators the thrills they were craving forAlso readBen Stokes to leave IPL early to prepare for Ireland Test AshesThat game is what Test cricket is about it was just incredible The emotions we were going through and obviously the Kiwi boys out there as well Was incredible to be involved in such a Test match Everyones got their money worthThe match came down to the last man standing at the creaseEngland bowling stalwart James Anderson smashed a boundary off Neil Wagner which left England two runs shy of scoring a series victoryBut in a dramatic moment Anderson was caught on the leg side by a diving Tome Blundell to signal the Blackcaps winDisappointing to end on a loss but four wins out of five away from home is something we will take great pride in A few months off and get back to what we love doing said StokesEngland made a clean sweep of the threeTest series in Pakistan and won the opening Test in New Zealand making it four away wins in five gamesStokes added he did not regret the decision to enforce the followon after the hosts had been bundled out for 209 in response to Englands 4358 declaredThe hosts put up a superb 483 in the second essay to give England a competitive 258run winnings targetIt was always our game to lose once we enforced the followon But the logic behind it enforcing followon was that our opening bowlers have ripped through their toporder for three innings in a row We knew that New Zealand had to pretty much play the perfect game to put us in a situation like this added StokesBatting in the last innings chasing 250 is something that we were never worried about But give huge credit to New Zealand not only to the way that they played in the second innings but also the way that they bowled and managed to get very early wickets with not too many runs on the board So in terms of looking back and making my decision around the followon No I dont regret itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever