World Cup 2019: Three batsmen to watch out for in final

#1 Ben Stokes

A brilliant fielder, a capable bowler and a devastating batsman. Ben Stokes brings everything to the table and, despite the presence of captain Eoin Morgan and blaster Jos Buttler, is probably the most important England batsman in the middle-order. Let us see why.

Stokes has averaged 54.42 for England in the Cup, just behind Roy and Root, but those runs have come lower down the order, in pressure situations when the team was either chasing down a steep target or trying to set an imposing total. He has hit a total of nine sixes in the Cup, just three behind Roy, but he didn't get to bat in the last match, such was England's dominance.

Stokes has a specific role as a batsman and his late cameo against India in the league game proved how vital he is to the team's cause; he can be the difference between a 280 and a 310 when striking the ball cleanly, and he is striking it cleanly in this WC.

He nearly pulled off a great escape against Sri Lanka in a tough chase earlier in the tournament and was also brilliant in a losing cause against the Aussies in another league game, thus proving his instrumental role in both setting a target and chasing one for his team. Worse still for the Kiwis, he is still due for a big one in the Cup and Lord's might be the best setting for the same.