On Fire: My Story of England's Summer to Remember

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But while Balotelli has struggled to fulfil his potential for club or country, Stokes has developed into one of the most influential players in the England dressing room, serving as vice-captain during the recent ODI series in Bangladesh, and an equally passionate performer for the county he grew up with, Durham. In February 2017, Stokes was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants to play in the Indian Premier League during the 2017 season. In the second Test he finished with figures of 1–73 in India's first innings, before making 70 with the bat. When it was finally confirmed that Martin Guptill had been run out off the very last ball of New Zealand's Super Over with the scores level once again, England had astonishingly won on the boundary count-back, and the nation could finally breathe again. World Cup 2019 final, New Zealand vs England: England's World Cup 2019 win despite epic super over tie – Explained".

It provides an insider's account into the dream summer the Englishmen had in 2019, wherein they won an enthralling WC at home and then drew the Ashes with arch rivals Australia. He then batted in the super over with Jos Buttler, which again was a tie, but England won the match on the boundary countback rule then in place. Liked the honesty and a peak inside the team culture as England won the cricket world cup and draw the Ashes series in 2019 - albeit the urn stays with Aussies. Ben Stokes: England Test captain on mental health, including his struggle with anxiety and panic attacks". In England's first innings of the second test in Cape Town, Stokes arrived at the crease with England 167–4, facing a hat-trick ball from Kagiso Rabada.

Written' for the potential income I think which Ben may need given the current state of the 2023 Ashes series. The best part however, is that Stokesy hasn't held anything back when it comes to criticism about those who deserve it.

When it was finally confirmed that Martin Guptill had been run out off the very last ball of New Zealand’s Super Over with the scores level once again, England had astonishingly won on the boundary count-back, and the nation could finally breathe again. On Fire is Ben Stokes' brand new book, and in it he tells the story of England's electrifying first ever Cricket World Cup triumph, as well as this summer's momentous Ashes Test series. In any event I must keep reminding myself that many of those transfixed by Stokes’ twin peaks of Lord’s and Headingley were not even born when Michael Vaughan’s men produced their collective heroics.Stokes managed to overturn an overnight Australian lead, hitting 11 fours and 8 sixes to win with an unbeaten 135* in a record pursuit of 359.

In the following match, his first innings score of 120 was crucial in setting up an innings win for England, which meant they took a 2–1 lead in the series going into the final test match. If a cricketer is lucky, such a moment comes once in a lifetime, Stokes just had two of them in two months.On top of that, he's clearly loyal to all his team mates and quite rightly isn't going to talk about anything not already in the public domain. However, the innings still surpassed Paul Collingwood's record for the fastest first-class century by a Durham player and the record for the most sixes hit in a County Championship innings. Thrillingly, it was enough to tie the scores at 241 runs each, so the match reverted to a Super Over - just six balls for each side to bat in the ultimate in sporting sudden-death. Ben Stokes: The Sun newspaper pays damages to England cricketer over front-page family tragedy story". The description of the matches in general does not have a continuous narrative and you do not get the operatic sense of tense and dramatic play unfolding.

Stokes top scored for England with 47 runs in the first innings to help England limp to 155 all out. He led the inexperienced team, in which he had almost four times as many ODI appearances as the rest of the team combined, [79] to a nine-wicket victory in the first match. He was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2019, 2020 and 2023, and won the ICC Award for Best Men's Cricketer and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2019. Something unprecedented had just happened: England had won the Cricket World Cup for the very first time since the tournament’s inception in 1975. Although England lost the final ODI to lose the series 3–2, Stokes was one of England's better performers, scoring 42 of their 138 runs.He made his maiden Twenty20 century against Gujarat Lions, hitting 103 not out from 63 balls, including hitting seven fours and six sixes. Even his outbursts of volatility have become more controlled: breaking a bat is far preferable to breaking a bone, as Stokes infamously did when tangling with a Kensington Oval locker in 2014. The emphasis is, naturally, on the final and the central role Stokes played in England’s long awaited triumph.