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Ben Stokes was an all-round hero once more as he steered England to a 22-run win over Bangladesh in the opening Test, in Chittagong, last week. Cheap Jerseys From China . Stokes bagged the man-of-the-match award for completing match figures of 6-46 after striking a priceless second-innings 85 off 151 balls.Ahead of the second Test, 25-year-old Stokes gave Sky Sports Cricket an insight into how he tries to play spin in the sub-continent including some great tips on how to play the reverse sweep. Heres how to bat Stokes-style…If you get a good ball out here, especially off a spinner, then so long as you are happy with your technique and the way that you played the ball - and that you are doing stuff that you know works for you - then youve just got to hold your hand up and say the bowler was better than me, he told Sky Sports pundit Rob Key. Ben Stokes told Rob Key that he felt his batting has improvement over the first Test Youve got to be looking to score but that can sometimes be taken the wrong way. People automatically think right, lets go and hit some fours and sixes and have a bit of fun whereas taking ones and twos off the over for 10 overs in a row is good for ticking the scoreboard over.The longer you stay with your mate at the other end, the more the pressure is going to build up on them to get you out and youre going to get some bad balls. Jonny [Bairstow] and I put on 120-130 the other day without really noticing just because we occupied the crease and managed to rotate the strike. When the bad ball came we were switched on enough to put it away. Ben Stokes admits its good to start their winter schedule with a win Click on the video above to watch the interview in full, including…- What goes through his mind when hes planning his innings as he waits his turn to bat?- Whether he takes a different guard for each bowlers and varies it with their angle of attack- The key to being able to pick up length and to using the crease to your best advantage- How the reverse sweep is now a normal shot in the longer form of the gameWatch the second Test between Bangladesh and England live on Sky Sports 2 from 4.30am on Friday. You can watch Premier League and EFL Cup football, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the Mexican Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! Also See: Look after special Stokes Stokes: Ive adapted game Bayliss: Stokes a star Cook: Stokes has X-factor Cheap Stitched NFL Jerseys . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. Wholesale Authentic Jerseys .  Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. http://www.cheapnfljerseysstitched.com/ . As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants. CHICAGO -- It took them nearly up until the All-Star break, but Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton finally went back-to-back. The Los Angeles Angels sluggers connected in the fifth inning of a 13-2 rout of the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night -- the first time Pujols and Hamilton homered in consecutive at-bats this season. After the game, Hamilton seemed a bit confused when asked for his reaction to the back-to-back homers. "Oh, I hit the solo after he hit his?" Hamilton said sarcastically before pausing. "Oh, that was awesome, man. We dont think about stuff like that." Actually, not thinking about too much has served Hamilton well over the last couple of weeks as he looks to rebound from a rough start in his first season with the Angels. Hamilton had two homers -- his first multihomer game with the Angels -- and five RBIs to lead an offence that hit five homers in all. His numbers (14 homers, 39 RBIs, .229 average) still arent close to what is expected from him approaching the All-Star break, but they are improving. "Im sort of just getting back to doing what you do and quit worrying about listening to everybody," he said. "Listen to the guys here I really care about, the coaches and the players, and go from there." The same could be said of the Angels entire lineup, which has been mostly responsible for the team winning 11 of 14 games to improve to 44-46. Mark Trumbo and Brendan Harris also homered and all of the Angels home runs were no-doubters. They hit a pair during a five-run first inning and then followed with three more in a six-run fifth, providing more than enough support for C.J. Wilson (9-6). "Offence is kind of a streaky thing sometimes," said Wilson, who allowed one run in seven innings to win for the fifth time in six starts. "You have instances where you score 13 runs, which is kind of a fluke no matter how good your offence is. I feel like our offence is capable of scoring six runs a night. Thats a good benchmark because of all the guys that have power throughout the lineup. "We have a lot of guys that, I think, are on the way back up to their level of play after slow starts. Thats the key. We just need to get everyone playing just the way they can play. Its not like they have to go ouut there and hit a grand slam every game or something like that. Cheap Wholesale Jerseys. " The Angels wasted little time in getting to Jeff Samardzija (5-9). Erick Aybar and Mike Trout started the game with doubles and Pujols drew the first of his three walks. Hamilton followed with a drive over the right-field wall for a three-run shot, his 13th of the season. A batter later, Trumbo connected on a hanging slider and hit it into the left-field bleachers to cap a five-run first inning. Leading 5-1, the Angels broke it open in the fifth as Pujols and Harris hit two-run shots and Hamilton added a solo homer. Samardzija allowed nine hits and tied a career high by giving up nine runs, including four homers, in 4 2/3 innings. "That game got out of hand," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "Give credit to some really good hitters. They get paid a lot of money to hit mistakes and they obviously didnt miss em tonight." It was a big night for the entire lineup, but the focus was rightly on Hamilton because of his early struggles. "You make a big adjustment when you switch teams," said Wilson, who also was a teammate of Hamiltons with the Texas Rangers. "Youre living in a new place, youre going to the ballpark on a different route and all that stuff. I went through that last year, but the advantage I had was being from California. "Josh wants to do well. Hes knows what hes here to do. Hes knows hes here to hit and play great defence, and if he doesnt do well, hes upset. Hes having more fun and thats sort of contagious in itself." NOTES: RHP Scott Baker will throw a bullpen session at Wrigley Field on Thursday and general manager Jed Hoyer said hes "pretty close" to going on a minor league rehab assignment. Baker has been on the disabled list all year after undergoing Tommy John elbow surgery and missing all of last year. ... The Cubs continue the homestand with a four-game series against St. Louis. Edwin Jackson (5-10) faces the Cardinals Jake Westbrook (5-3) in the opener Thursday night. ... 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