ben stokes Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ben stokes is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Benjamin Andrew Stokes
Born
June 04, 1991, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Age
32 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 97 | 114 | 43 | 45 |
Inn | 175 | 99 | 36 | 44 |
Runs | 6117 | 3463 | 585 | 935 |
Avg | 36.41 | 41.23 | 21.67 | 24.61 |
SR | 59.19 | 95.69 | 128.01 | 133.95 |
HS | 258 | 182 | 52 | 107 |
NO | 7 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
100s | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
50s | 30 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
4s | 717 | 282 | 42 | 81 |
6s | 124 | 109 | 22 | 32 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 97 | 114 | 43 | 45 |
Inn | 146 | 88 | 36 | 38 |
Balls | 11471 | 3110 | 612 | 689 |
Runs | 6319 | 3137 | 856 | 992 |
Wkt | 197 | 74 | 26 | 28 |
BBI | 22 / 6 | 61 / 5 | 26 / 3 | 15 / 3 |
BBM | 161 / 8 | 61 / 5 | 26 / 3 | 15 / 3 |
Eco | 3.31 | 6.05 | 8.39 | 8.64 |
Avg | 32.08 | 42.39 | 32.92 | 35.43 |
5W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- England
- Canterbury
- Chennai Super Kings
- Durham
- Durham 2nd XI
- England Development Programme Under-19s
- England Lions
- England Performance Programme
- England Under-19s
- Melbourne Renegades
- Northern Superchargers (Men)
- Rajasthan Royals
- Rising Pune Supergiant
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Born on 4 June 1991 in Christchurch, New Zealand, Benjamin Andrew Stokes is the son of rugby league player, Gerald Stokes who represented New Zealand in international Rugby Leagues. His sublime talent was clear from an early age and it was no surprise that he signed on a 2-year county contract with Durham at the age of 18. He made his one-day debut against Surrey in 2009 and marked the occasion by snaring Mark Ramprakash with his 3rd delivery in FC cricket. He played 2 youth Tests against Bangladesh and excelled with both bat and ball. His talent was further noticed in the 2010 U-19 WC where he registered a century against India. He made his FC debut in the season opener against MCC at Abu Dhabi in 2010, scoring his first fifty and picking up a wicket.
Stokes's consistent performances catapulted him into national reckoning and it was no surprise when he was named in the England ODI squad for the one-off match against Ireland and the home series against India. A broken finger meant that he could only play as a batsman. He struggled against India in the ODI series and was dropped from the subsequent away tour of India. After recuperating from the acute injury, Stokes rebounded admirably, compiling 827 runs in addition to capturing 37 wickets at an average of 21.47. His resplendent all-round heroics saw him being ear-marked as the one to eventually fulfill the all-rounder's role that had not been filled since the retirement of Freddie Flintoff.
Expectedly Stokes was named in the England Lions development squad for the Australian tour but in a cruel quirk of fate, he was sent back home along with Kent pacer, Matt Coles, for repeated breaches of discipline and unprofessional conduct. Stokes tendered his apology for his irresponsible behaviour and vowed to return to top-flight cricket. He underwent rehabilitation and then earned the third seamer's slot for the ODIs against Australia on the back of his stupendous heroics in Durham's championship winning campaign. His maiden 5-fer, albeit in a losing cause, did not miss the brains trust of the English selectors as Stokes was included in the 17-member squad for the 2013-14 return Ashes Down Under.
Stokes made his debut in the second Test and hit a brilliant maiden Test century in the third Test. Stokes bagged a six-fer in the first innings of the fifth Test and also top scored with 47 runs in the first innings to help England crawl to 155. Although England suffered a humiliating 5-0 whitewash, Stokes had a fantastic series finishing as England's second-highest wicket taker with 15 wickets and third-highest run-getter with 279 runs.
After a string of low scores and also being briefly out of England’s squad, Stokes showed his class and quality with a thrill-a-minute ton against New Zealand at Lord's in a Test match. He also was in prime form against Australia at Trent Bridge when he plucked a five-for as the hosts reclaimed the Ashes. During the tour of South Africa, Stokes played with sparkle and fizz in Cape Town to crunch the fastest double ton by an Englishman in Tests. Unfortunately, in the World T20 held in India, he was at the receiving end of Carlos Brathwaite's broad willow as he was smacked for four sixes in the last over of the final at the Eden Gardens. Stokes was shattered as West Indies clinched the title. Subsequently, Stokes sustained a knee injury while playing in a Test match against Sri Lanka in Leeds.
Despite the World T20 setback, Stokes' career has progressed in a serene fashion. Having missed out the majority of the home season with injury, he returned for the sub-continental tour of Bangladesh and India. He had mixed returns with the bat, but shone with the ball, especially with his ability to get reverse swing. A century and a five-wicket haul was a nice way for Stokes to sign off a tough 2016. A decent Champions Trophy followed, where England were eliminated in the semifinals and just when it seemed like Stokes had the world at his feet, tragedy struck. Not for the first time in his cricketing career, indiscipline hurt him bad and this time it was the biggest ever issue that he had faced. An incident in the Bristol nightclub meant that he was suspended by the ECB until further notice. It was a massive blow to England's Ashes campaign which eventually ended in a 0-4 drubbing.
World Cup 2019
14th July 2019 saw Ben Stokes realising every bit of human emotion. England had taken the game into the Super Over and Ben Stokes was the one who faced the last ball with two needed. He again came out to bat during the super over and scored 8 off 3 to help England reach 15 runs in the one over eliminator. With 16 to win, New Zealand also managed 15 but lost the finale on the boundary count-back rule. England were crowned champions and Ben Stokes was awarded the Man of the Match award. Stokes also scored 5 fifties during the WC campaign and was always the man making the difference towards the end of the innings.
It couldn't get any better for Stokes when he played an astonishing unbeaten knock of 135 during the Ashes and his last wicket partnership with Jack Leach, who contributed 1 in a stand worth 76 runs as England pulled off a stunning one-wicket win over arch-rivals Australia, in a keenly contested Headingley classic - the same venue where a similar England all-round, Sir Ian Botham, had conjured up that classic 149 in the 1981 Ashes. Stokes almost replicated his heroics from his match-winning performance four years ago against Australia at Headingley. He played a swashbuckling innings of 155 at the home of cricket during the Ashes. Stokes stitched a remarkable century partnership with Broad for the 7th wicket in which the latter only contributed 11 runs. When England needed 70 runs for a win, Stokes was dismissed and he left the arena amidst a rousing reception from the crowd. England eventually fell short by 43 runs but Stokes once again gave lasting memories to his fans. Can Stokes go one past Botham and become England's folklore hero? Only time will tell.
Test captaincy and Bazball
After Joe Root resigned as Test captain in 2022, Stokes was elevated to the England Test captaincy and along with coach Brendon McCullum began a new revolution in Test cricket with their attacking strategy coined \\"Bazball\\" by the press. Since taking over the full-time captaincy, Stokes has led England to 13 wins in his 18 Tests drawing widespread praise and adulation for the way they play their cricket.
Stokes retired from ODIs in July 2022 citing the increasing demand of playing in all three formats. Stokes was Player of the Match in the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup final as England won the tournament against Pakistan. Stokes reversed his decision to retire from ODIs ahead of the 2023 50-over World Cup. After 14 months in ODI retirement, Stokes returned to the England set-up and featured in a bilateral series against New Zealand. In the third ODI at Oval, he scored a blazing 182 off 124 proving his mettle once again the format – 182 is also the highest score in the format by an Englishman.
Indian Premier League
A genuine seam-bowling all-rounder who has the ability to hit big shots is a priceless commodity in the T20 format. Therefore, it wasn’t a surprise when Ben Stokes fetched earth-shattering numbers at the 2017 IPL auctions. He was picked up by the Rising Pune Supergiant and in his maiden IPL season, the charismatic Englishman showed why he was worth all the money. He was a gun bowler for RPS, particularly at the death where he executed the yorker and the other variations to good effect. With the bat too, he won a few games single-handedly including an IPL century that was ranked among the knocks of the tournament.
With over 300 runs and more than 10 wickets, Stokes’s 2017 season was terrific and was arguably the most valuable player of that season. At the fresh 2018 IPL auctions, he once again attracted smashing numbers with the Rajasthan Royals snapping him up in an extremely costly deal. However, Stokes neither got going with the bat nor with the ball and was below par in both the seasons (2018 and 2019).
In the 2021 season, Stokes suffered a finger injury which ruled him out from the entire season after playing in only one match. Stokes did not play the 2022 season as he wanted to concentrate on his national commitments. Ahead of the 2023 season, CSK shelled out INR 16.25 Crore (£1.6 million) to buy the star allrounder. Stokes only featured in the first two matches for CSK in 2023 and his performance was average. Another injury setback in the form of a toe injury kept him out for a span of around 3 weeks. He was available for selection in the final week of April but he didn’t get a match. Stokes returned to the UK after CSK’s final group game to give himself enough time to prepare for the Ashes.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
The great Irish sports writer Con Houlihan used to say that every team should have a redhead. And it's true that Ben Stokes' combative nature, allied to his powerful frame and outrageous talent, lifted England to another level. Never was that more true than when he secured his place in English cricket history with an indefatigable batting display in the 2019 World Cup final. In making an unbeaten 84 he exhausted every ounce of strength, talent and willpower and then when he imagined it might be all over he came out to bat once more to help win a Super Over by the narrowest of margins.
For Stokes, this was a wonderful moment of redemption because it had been his misfortune until then to be remembered for two episodes he would rather forget. The first came in the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup final in Kolkata. Asked to defend 19 in the last over against West Indies, his attempted yorkers missed the mark by inches resulting in Carlos Brathwaite heaving him for four successive sixes into a sweltering night sky.
The second, and altogether more serious, incident occurred in September 2017. Celebrating an ODI victory in Bristol, Stokes became embroiled in a fight outside a club in the early hours of the morning that resulted in his arrest. A trial at Bristol Crown Court subsequently saw him cleared of the charge of affray but by then the reputational damage had been done. He had already missed the 2017-18 Ashes tour - a toothless England were beaten 4-0 with Stokes not considered for selection - and been stripped of the team's vice-captaincy.
It was testament to his immense character that he ensured he would be remembered for more positive reasons. Within months of his comeback, Stokes had played a key role in England's 3-0 Test win in Sri Lanka, their first whitewash series victory in Asia. Trevor Bayliss praised Stokes' attitude as "exemplary", saying he had "learned his lesson". The World Cup final underlined his immense character. Capable of turning games with his batting, his bowling and in the field, he had attracted comparisons with Ian Botham. Expectations were huge from the outset. He had satisfied them.
Stokes, from the moment he made his Durham debut, felt very much a product of the northeast of England. He was actually born in Christchurch, New Zealand and came from a rich sporting pedigree with his father, Ged, playing international Rugby League for that country.
His prodigious talent was clear from an early age. A true allrounder, Stokes debuted for Durham at 17 and dismissed Mark Ramprakash with his third legal delivery in senior cricket. He enjoyed a productive time at the 2009 Under-19 World Cup, scoring a century against India, before registering a maiden fifty on his first-class debut for Durham. But it was in 2011 that he really began to blossom. In April he took 6 for 68 and scored a brilliant hundred that included five sixes in an over, and a month later registered his maiden limited-overs ton. A broken finger hindered his bowling, but he played for England Lions and made his ODI debut against Ireland in Dublin, going on to play four times against India, albeit with limited impact.
A first brush with the management was to follow, after being called up to the England Lions squad for the tour of Australia in early 2013. Stokes ended up being sent home with three matches remaining, along with Kent's Matt Coles, after two breaches of discipline. It was a watershed moment, and he was rapidly rehabilitated back at Durham, playing a key role in their Championship-winning season and being recalled to England's limited-overs teams. He took a maiden ODI five-for and won selection for the 2013-14 Ashes tour, a return to Australia that would command attention for the right reasons.
Stokes' performances were a rare bright spot on a disastrous trip. When the agony was all over, only Stokes returned to England as a star on the rise. Brought into the XI at Adelaide, after Jonathan Trott's untimely departure, his pugnacious nature came to the fore during a maiden Test hundred in Perth, a doughty response out of keeping with England's general demeanour throughout the tour.
But with fire came combustibility. Stokes missed the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh after reacting to a dismissal in Barbados by punching a dressing room locker and sustaining a broken wrist. During a difficult year, he was dropped from the Test team after making three ducks in a row against India, and then lost his one-day place on the tour of Sri Lanka - ultimately missing out on selection for the 2015 World Cup.
Stokes, like England after a dismal tournament, needed rejuvenating. It began with the Lord's Test against New Zealand, when Stokes scored 92 and 101 after being promoted to bat at No. 6. A successful Ashes followed and he was also a central figure in the new-look ODI side that began to put the World Cup behind them under the guidance of Bayliss and Paul Farbrace. A few months later he produced a barnstorming 258 from 198 balls against South Africa in Cape Town - the fastest England double-hundred in history and the second fastest of all time - during a stand of 399 with Jonny Bairstow.
Following his Kolkata nightmare, he nevertheless grew in stature within the side and was promoted to the vice-captaincy (at least until the Bristol episode). He scored his maiden ODI hundred in Dhaka in late 2016 and added four more across international formats the following year, while also taking Test-best figures of 6 for 22 against West Indies at Lord's, becoming a key cog for England despite a chequered injury record.
An IPL millionaire twice over - he was bought for £1.7m by Rising Pune Supergiant in 2017, winning tournament MVP, and then picked up for £1.4m the following season by Rajasthan Royals - Stokes was one of the most talked-about players in the world. But there was a sense the best was yet to come. Going into 2019, a year containing an Ashes series and a World Cup, he looked to be a player at the peak of his powers who had finally understood the level of sacrifice and discipline required to coax the best out of his undoubted talent.
ESPNcricinfo staff