English all-rounder par-excellence, Ben Stokes, decided to draw the curtains down on his international career at the end of the Englishmen’s ongoing fixture against New Zealand at the Lord’s.
As the fabled
all-rounder takes his final bow in the international cricket, here is a look at some of the skipper’s stand out performances that would reverberate through times.
ICC World Cup 2019
Ben Stokes ensured his name would never be eroded by the sands of time as he led the Three Lions to their maiden World Cup triumph in dramatic, and arguably controversial fashion, with his carry job against New Zealand in the summit clash at the fabled Lord’s to take England to the promised land.
Stokes smashed an incredible 84 runs to help England level NZ, before taking the game to Super Over and eventually winning the title on a technicality!
But titles count all the same. Technicality or not!
ICC T20 World Cup 2022
England had gone a dozen years without getting this hands on the ICC T20 World Cup as they endured a drought after Paul Collingwood led his unit to the crown in thee shortest format of the game as his unbeaten half-century against former champions Pakistan in the championship battle at the hallowed MCG took England to their second T20 WC title.
Headingly Heroics
Can’t talk about Ben Stoke and not mention his piece-de-resistance against Australia in during the iconic Ashes Test series in the year 2019.
Stokes demonstrated valour and character tooled his side for the front Wirth his iconic unbeaten century that took England past the threshold against their traditional rivals in a true blockbuster edition of the age-old battle.
Stokes’ swashbuckling 135 against the side from down-under rewrote the course of English cricketing folklore, and his stand alongside tail ender Jack Leach to help his unit over the finish line.
