Ben Stokes given 85.7% chance of winning SPOTY following Ashes heroics
England cricketer Ben Stokes is now as brief as 1/6 to be crowned Sports Personality of the Year 2019 after producing one of their biggest performances that are Test from the Ashes yesterday.
Those odds mean some bookmakers are implying an 85.7% probability Stokes scoops the person accolade in December.
With a whopping 91.7% of bets on the market in the previous 24 hours, he is unsurprisingly definitely the most backed.
The 28-year-old already had one hand to the decoration because of his contribution in England World Cup win at the end of May.
But, yesterday his amazing 135 not-out only (with just a bit of help from his bespectacled sidekick Jack Leach) rescued England’s Ashes effort at Headingley.
Australia had all the momentum after lunch and if Stokes’ partnership with Jonny Bairstow was brought to a sudden end, all seemed lost for England.
Putting to complete a record 359 run pursuit, Stokes struck 74 of those runs, including an six.
The Ashes series is now tied 1-1 and Stokes has written his name to the history books with a few of their most astonishing performances in game.
Oddschecker spokesperson Callum Wilson:”When Ben Stokes hammered that closing four his fist rose moments before the whole nation jumped to its feet.
“He’s had the English loyal in the hands of his hands , and yesterday’s antics have catapulted him by cricketing hero to some thing more like a legend of English sport. If Freddie Flintoff was worthy of SPOTY in 2005, then they might also give it to Ben Stokes now.”
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