Ben Stokes Biography

 Benjamin Andrew Stokes (born 4 June 1991) is an English cricketer and vice - captain of the England national cricket team. Stokes has developed into part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, winning the last match. In July 2020, Stokes captained the England squad for the first time for a major test of form against the West Indies. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Stokes moved to northern England with his mother and father at the age of 12, at that time he learned the sport and began playing cricket for local bands. A left-handed batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, Stokes has been the best test all-rounder in the world since July 2020.As a bowler, Stokes is constantly playing at 140 km / h (87 mph), and he can also swing the ball. An attacking middle-order batsman, he holds the record for the fastest test batsman in England history for two centuries,  the fastest test landing of 250 and the best score in history for a test batsman batting in the sixth grade. He also holds the record for the most runs scored by a male or female batsman in a morning test session. Stokes became the highest-paid foreign player in the history of the Indian Premier League in 2017, earning 14.5 million yen ($2.1 million or £ 1.7 million); at one point in the season, he won the Most Valuable Player award. In January 2020, Stokes was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for Best Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC),  and three months later was named the world's leading Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 2019.  He won the award again the following year.. 

Early life

Stokes was born in New Zealand, the son of a rugby league player and coach, the late Gerard Stokes, known as "Ged Stokes", and an English mother of English and Maori descent.He moved to England at the age of 12,  after his father was appointed chief membership instructor for Workington Town Rugby League, and grew up in the small town of Cockermouth in West Cumbria., attending Cockermouth School and playing cricket for Cockermouth Cricket Club. In 2006, he won the North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League Premier Division title with the club as a fifteen-year-old-12-month-old-player. His parents eventually moved back to New Zealand to re-settle in Christchurch; Ged Stokes died in New Zealand on 8 December 2020.

Profession IPL

On 20 February 2017, Stokes was offered via the Rising Pune Supergiants in the IPL for Rs 14.5 cr  (£1.7 m). He made his first T20 hundred against the Gujarat Lions, getting 103* in sixty-three balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes. He won the Man of the Match trophy a record three times in 14 video games before retiring to the national team. For his performances in the 2017 IPL season, he changed into the named in Cricinfo and Cricbuzz IPL XI.On 27 January 2018, it turned into an offer via Rajasthan Royals for 12.5 crore (£1.7 million); it was the most expensive bidder in the 2018 IPL auction. On 25 October 2020, he made his first century for the Rajasthan Royals, hitting 107* in 60 balls in a stand-off against the Mumbai Indians with 14 fours and 3 sixes, helping to chase a target of 196 with Sanju Samson for an unbeaten partnership of 152 runs for the third wicket. After scoring a hundred points, Stokes became the first player to score 100 points in T20 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. During the 2021 IPL, Stokes suffered a finger injury that dominated him throughout the season after he played one healthy one.

2013-14 Ashes Series

Stokes was selected in the England squad for the 2013-14 Ashes series against Australia. He became the 658th player to represent England at Test level. He made his debut in the 2nd Test and took the wickets of Michael Clarke and Peter Siddle before contributing 1 run in England's first innings. In the second innings, he made 28 runs off 90 balls in the loss to England. He was selected in the third Test and took the wicket of Brad Haddin, then he made 18 from 57 deliveries. In Australia's 2nd innings, he bowled Michael Clarke and took the wicket of Steve Smith. In England's 2nd innings, he made his first test appearance, scoring one hundred and twenty from 195 balls before being caught. In the main innings of the 4th Test, he made 14 runs and then controlled to take out Shane Watson. In the second innings, he made 19 runs and took the wicket of David Warner in the loss to England.

Stokes took a profession-excellent 6 wickets for ninety-nine runs in the first innings of the fifth test, consisting of Captain Clarke's most important wickets for 10 and Steve Smith's best innings scorer for one hundred and fifteen. Stokes top-scored for England with 47 runs in the first innings to help England limp to a hundred and fifty-five. In the second innings, he made 32 and finished the collection on a falling bounce off a 5-0 whitewash. Stokes enjoyed a solid collection, but finished England's top scorer at 1/3 with 279 runs and, in addition, a 2-maximum wicket taker with 15 wickets. Stokes became the easiest English batsman to score a hundred in a series. Stokes has become lauded for his batting efforts on the medium fast and bouncy Waca surface as opposed to the fast bowling of Mitchell Johnson at the peak of his bowling abilities.

The Guardian identified Stokes WACK's century as the best reception, favorable to fate.Stokes turned into a determined batter at a distance of 7 within the first suit of the ODI collection, creating a short 21 runs off 20 balls before being bowled out. He contributed to the ball by taking the wicket of Aaron Finch. In the second ODI, he turned outside for a golden duck and took the wicket of Nathan Coulter-Nile. In the third ODI, Stokes became the batsman at number three in the absence of Joe Root, he made 15 runs off 39 balls, and also took the wicket of David Warner. Stokes scored his first ODI half-century in the 4th ODI, with 70 runs from eighty-four balls, as England completed their first competitive win on the 9th leg of the Australian tour. Stokes also finished with pleasing bowling figures in England, finishing 4-39. Stokes played in the fifth ODI, he took three wickets, but made zero runs. He finished the ODI collection in the losing aspect of a four–to-1 defeat. Stokes made 106 runs and took 10 wickets in the series. Stokes was selected for the 3rd T20 and made 5 runs.

2015 Pakistan

Stokes moved to England to watch the squad for the tour against Pakistan, which will be held in the UAE. In the first test in Abu Dhabi, he took 4-fifty-seven with the ball in Pakistan's first innings, before scoring 57 himself with the bat in England's first innings; the match eventually ended in a draw, while the terrible light stopped play on the very last day.I n the second best collection, Stokes was useless, taking only one wicket within a healthy one and making scores of 4 and 13 with the bat as England suffered a 127-run defeat. He suffered a shoulder injury during the third and most recent test in Sharjah, but still batted at number eleven as England eventually lost form, and with it the series.

2015-16 South Africa

Stokes has fully recovered to take part in England's winter tour of South Africa. While Stokes now made no discernible contribution to the first check, England won by 241 runs. In England's first innings of the second test in Cape Town, Stokes arrived at the crease with England 167-4, missing the ball with a hat-trick from Kagiso Rabada. Stokes then scored an excellent score of 258, which covered 30 fours and eleven sixes.He turned in the second fastest double century in test cricket records (out of 167 balls). His sixth wicket stand with Jonny Bairstow (who himself scored 150 but did not come out again) of 399 turned into a new world record, of which 196 were scored in 25 overs in the morning consultation .

Stokes ' innings changed in bizarre style when, after hitting consecutive sixes, he was dropped through AB de Villiers to run out, stopping between the wickets. The match ended in a draw with the dominant batsmen in the sport. In the 0.33 test, Stokes took five wickets as England won, ensuring a consistent victory for England. The fourth and final match of the series was won by South Africa, although Stokes took another five wickets, consisting of four-86 in South Africa's first innings.Stokes scored fifty-seven in the first ODI match against South Africa, when England won by 39 runs on the DL method. He took 2-53 in 2d recreation and scored his 2d half-century series in the 0.33 recreation collection. In the fourth overtime, he took 2-45, but England made a mistake, which meant that the series did not enter the decisive moment. England lost the most recent healthy after 5 wickets, and Stokes failed to take a wicket in form. In the two T20 matches against South Africa, Stokes took figures of 1-19 in the first match and zero–32 in the second, as England lost both video games.

2016-17 India

In the first test towards India, Stokes made 128 in England's first innings to help them reach 537. He took one wicket in India's first innings, before making an unbeaten 29. The match ended in a draw. In the second test, he finished with figures of 1-73 in India's first innings, before making 70 with the bat. It turned into an out for 6 in England's 2nd innings when they misplaced through 246 runs. In a 0.33 test, he made 29 in England's first innings and then took five for 73 in India's first innings. Having made 5 in the second innings, Stokes did not take another wicket as England suffered another defeat. In the fourth test, he made 31 in England's first innings, scoring four hundred, but did not pick up a wicket and did not impress in England's second innings, as they lost by an innings and 36 runs. In the most recent round of the collection, Stokes picked up only one wicket and scored 29 runs inside the suit as England lost by an innings and 75 runs. For his performances in 2016, he developed into a named inside the World Test XI with the help of the ICC and Cricinfo. He was additionally named in the 2016 ODI XI by Cricinfo. Stokes made sixty-two in England's first innings for a total of 350/7, before taking 2-seventy-three, as England lost by three wickets. In the second ODI, he made just one with the bat and did not take a wicket as England erred by 15 runs. In the most recent fit of the collection, he made 57 in England's 321/8 total and took three wickets as England won by 5 runs. In the first T20I, he took 1-37 as England won by seven wickets. In the second T20I, he made 38 with the bat as England scored 139/6, although England lost by 5 runs. In 1/3 and the most recent T20I, he took 1-32 as England.

Cricket World Cup 2019

In the first match of the tournament against South Africa, he made a rating of 89 runs from seventy-nine balls, took two wickets, ran out Dwayne Pretorius and took two catches to be declared "Man of the Match" in England's complete 104-run victory. His Andile Felucwayo repulsion trap has been described as "one of the greatest traps of all time".Stokes produced some outstanding performances with the bat later in the organization's degree. Stokes was left stranded on eighty-two* as England were bowled out for 212 in a surprise twenty20 defeat to Sri Lanka. He again proved to be the easiest resistance to the Australian bowling attack of their next suit, scoring 89 runs in pursuit of 286. England long-term failed with sixty-four runs as they were bowled out for 221. In keeping with the need to win in India in the next set-up, Stokes delivered an utterly decisive innings, scoring seventy-nine short runs in 54 balls, while England won by 31 runs. In the most recent match against New Zealand, he scored 84*, for example, 2 sixes in the final to tie the game. He then batted in an extremely good over with Jos Buttler, which again became a draw, however, England were sued under the rule of counting the number of boundaries returned. For this overall performance, he was named Man of the Suit for the second time in the tournament.

Nightclub incident and fight fee

After the 1/3 ODI in the West Indies in Bristol in September 2017, Stokes was arrested after becoming involved in a street fight outside a nightclub with men, in which teammate Alex Hales also became a gift.The incident resulted in both players missing the fourth game of the series, and a hand injury sustained in the scuffle further dominated Stokes after the last rest.I n addition, due to the incident and the subsequent trial, he missed the 2017-18 Ashes and the second test sent to India. Because of these incidents, he lost his clothing sponsorship with a new balance. Stokes was charged on 15 January 2018 with affray along with two other men and was found guilty earlier than Bristol Magistrates ' Court on 13 February 2018. During the trial, which began on August 6, 2018, Stokes said that he moved to protect a gay couple from homophobic abuse from two other guys, however, with the help of an accusing lawyer, he was accused of lying and that he himself threw a cigarette at the homosexuals and bullied them.On August 14, he was acquitted. The couple then thanked Stokes for protecting them, saying:, that he "did not deserve to be upset"In September 2018, Stokes was accused of bringing the sport into disrepute through the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over the Bristol incident and social media posts. Stokes pleaded guilty to expenses, and in December 2018 was fined £ 30,000 and suspended for eight claims, all of which he had already filed with a reservation.

2019 Ashes

Faced with a sharp Australian bowling attack and Bradman's batting contribution from Steve Smith, Stokes played a key role in eventually allowing England to put together a 2-2 2019 Ashes collection (although Australia thereby retained the urn). In the third test at Headingley, England appeared to be heading for a certain defeat when they were bowled out for 67 in their first innings.Stokes managed to overturn the Australian lead overnight, hitting eleven fours and 8 sixes to win with an unbeaten 135* in a race record 359. His innings has been described as "one of the best innings of all time" and "the best ever performed using an Englishman".Stokes ' innings was rated by Wisden as the greatest hundred of the decade (2010s).He was named after the series in England, as he finished as England's top scorer with 441 runs with 2 masses and a pair of fifties, and took 8 wickets.

Personal life

Stokes became engaged to Claire Radcliffe in 2013.They have children. Clara was born in the early nineties and grew up in the village of East Brent in Somerset, in the south-west of England. She is best known for being the wife of Ben Stokes, an English international cricketer and current vice-captain of the England test team. Stokes was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He turned into the BBC sports personality of the Year 2019 in Aberdeen.They tied the knot at noon on Saturday, October 14, 2017. The ceremony took place at St Mary the Virgin's Church in East Brent, near Weston-in-Mare, Somerset. Guests at the couple's wedding included England stars Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan, as well as former greats Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood. Fellow cricketers Sam Billings and Scott Borthwick were also in attendance.