Benjamin Andrew Stokes is an English international cricketer and current vice-captain of the England Test team. He was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Ben Stokes is famous for a cricketer. He is vice-captain of the England Test team.
Ben Stokes was born on June 4, 1991, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He holds English nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. He was born to a father named Gerard Stokes and a mother named Deborah Stokes. His father is rugby league player and coach.
Ben Stokes played cricket at 15 years for Cockermouth Cricket club and won Premier division title. He made his one-day debut for Durham in 2009. He played against Bangladesh U19 in youth test in 2009. In 2015, he joined Melbourne Renegades of Australia. In 2017, he was appointed as vice-captain of England. On February 20, 2017, he was bought in IPL by Rising Pune Supergiants. In 2018, he was bought by Rajasthan Royals being the most expensive player in IPL.
He made his senior England debut in One Day International in 2011. He was selected to make his T20 international debut. He played in two T20 matches. In 2013-14, he was selected in the England squad. He made his debut in 2nd test. He was also selected in the 3rd test. He made 106 runs and took 10 wickets in the overall series. He was also selected for 3rd T20 and there he made 5 runs. In 2014, he was selected in first ODI and made 5 runs and in second OD he made 4 runs off 9 balls. He played in two of the T20 Internationals. He got an injury and was ruled out by T20 World Cup. In 2015, he made 79 with a ball. He was in the England squad for the first Test. He helped England to win T20 match. He was selected by England team for the first Ashes Test. He was named in the squad for the tour against Pakistan. He suffered from the shoulder injury in the third and final Test in Sharjah. In 2016, they had the game against West Indies in T20 World Cup and he was included in the game. He gave his best bowling display in the tournament. He played in the first Test against Sri Lanka. He played in the first ODI against Bangladesh. He made 55 in the match against West Indies. In 2016-17, he 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. He picked up just one wicket and scored 29 runs in the match as England lost by an innings and 75 runs. He was named in the World Test XI by the ICC and Cricinfo. He was also named in the ODI XI of the year 2016 by Cricinfo. He made 55 in England's first ODI against the West Indies as they won by 45 runs. In 2017, he scored his second ODI century against South Africa in the lead-up to the Champions Trophy, and in the tournament itself his third, against Australia. He was also named as part of the Team of the Tournament at the 2017 Champions Trophy by the ICC, Cricinfo, and Cricbuzz. In 2017, he was named both in the World Test XI and ODI XI by the ICC. He was also named in the World ODI XI by the ICC for 2018. In 2019, he was named in England's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In the opening match against South Africa, he made a score of 89 runs from 79 balls, claimed two wickets, ran out Dwaine Pretorius and took two catchers to be declared Man of the Match in comprehensive 104 runs win for England. He was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2019 World Cup by the ICC.
Ben Stokes has a height of 1.83 m tall and a bodyweight of 80 kg. He has an athletic body build. He has blonde hair and dark brown eyes.
Ben Stokes is a married man. He married Clare Ratcliffe on October 14, 2017. The couple has two sons named as Layton Stokes and Libby Stokes.
Ben Stokes has an estimated net worth of $10 million and his salary is unknown. He earns a good amount of money from his profession.