Ben Stokes given 85.7% chance of winning SPOTY following Ashes heroics
After producing one of the greatest performances in the Ashes, england cricketer Ben Stokes is as short as 1/6 to be crowned Sports Personality of the Year 2019.
Those chances mean some bookmakers are suggesting an 85.7% probability Stokes scoops the individual accolade in December.
With a whopping 91.7% of stakes on the marketplace in the last 24 hours, he is unsurprisingly definitely the most endorsed.
The 28-year-old had one hand over the prize in the end of May in England’s dramatic World Cup win thanks to his extraordinary contribution.
However, yesterday his outstanding 135 not-out single-handedly (with a little help from his bespectacled sidekick Jack Leach) rescued England’s Ashes campaign at Headingley.
Australia had the momentum and if Stokes’ venture with Jonny Bairstow was introduced to a sudden end, all looked lost for England.
Putting on a last wicket stand of 76 runs to finish a record 359 run chase, Stokes struck on 74 of the runs.
The Ashes series is currently tied 1-1 and Stokes has written his own name with one of the most astonishing performances in sport to the history books.
Oddschecker spokesperson Callum Wilson:”When Ben Stokes hammered that final four fist rose minutes before the entire nation jumped to its feet.
“He has had the English loyal in the hands of his hand , and yesterday’s antics have catapulted him from cricketing hero to something more like a legend of English game. In case Freddie Flintoff was worthy of SPOTY in 2005, they might too give it to Ben Stokes now.”
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