His parents subsequently moved back to New Zealand to reside again in Christchurch Ged Stokes died in New Zealand on 8 December 2020 due to brain cancer. He won the North Lancashire & Cumbria Cricket League Premier Division Title with the club as a 15 year old in 2006. Stokes moved to England at the age of 12 after his father was appointed head coach of Workington Town rugby league club, and grew up in the small West Cumbrian town of Cockermouth, attending Cockermouth School and playing cricket for Cockermouth Cricket Club. Stokes was born on 4 June 1991 in Christchurch, New Zealand, the son of rugby league player and coach Gerard Stokes (known as 'Ged'), and has some Māori ancestry. In the same Test, he and Jonny Bairstow set the world record for highest sixth-wicket stand in Tests, at 399. He holds the Test world record for most runs in an innings at number six, scoring 258 against South Africa during England's 2015-16 tour. Īn all-rounder, Stokes is a left-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm fast bowler. He was part of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup, top-scoring in the final. He was appointed captain of England's Test team in April 2022. He was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 20, and won the ICC Award for Best Men's Cricketer and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2019. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, top-scoring in England's innings in the final before batting in the tied Super Over, winning the Man of the Match award. He made his T20I debut in 2011, his Test debut in 2013, and played for England's One Day International (ODI) team from 2011 before retiring from the format in July 2022. In domestic cricket, he represents Durham and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including the Indian Premier League, playing for Rising Pune Supergiant and Rajasthan Royals.īorn in New Zealand, Stokes moved to England as a child. Benjamin Andrew Stokes OBE (born 4 June 1991) is an English international cricketer who is the captain of the England Test team and plays for the England Twenty20 International (T20I) team.
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