In defence of those who have previously seen Stephens as a crab, they had very little to go on whilst he played under CH's instructions. Unshackled, and he is proving to be a revelation to those of us who tended to assume he had nothing more to give than we were seeing. Many (ALL?) players...
Were you short of attention as a child? This is clearly such nonsense - about Kayal at least - that I can only assume you are fishing. (and I'm not one to wade in on you, but sometimes ,,,,)