{"id":535,"date":"2020-06-04T15:26:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T09:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=12504"},"modified":"2020-06-04T15:26:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T09:56:42","slug":"happy-birthday-ben-stokes-top-match-winning-performances-by-the-english-all-rounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/happy-birthday-ben-stokes-top-match-winning-performances-by-the-english-all-rounder\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Ben Stokes: Top match-winning performances by the English all-rounder"},"content":{"rendered":"

England all-rounder Ben Stokes is celebrating his 29th birthday today (June 04, 2020). Stokes was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 04, 1991, and then at the age of 12, he moved to England with his father Gerard Stokes who was appointed as a head coach of a rugby club. Stokes\u2019 parents went back to New Zealand, but the cricketer stayed in England. He made his debut for England in August 2011 against Ireland in a One-Day International (ODI). A month later he made his T20I debut against West Indies. Stokes played his first Test against Australia in Ashes 2013-14.<\/p>\n

The all-rounder was part of the England team which won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. In fact, he was instrumental in England\u2019s win in the dramatic final against New Zealand after scoring valuable 84 not out. The all-rounder in the Ashes 2019 played a heroic knock of unbeaten 135 and helped England win the third Test by just one wicket.<\/p>\n

As Stokes turned 29, his fans and other Twitter users made sure to wish the cricketer. #BenStokes is one of the trending topics on Twitter with wishes pouring in for the all-rounder. Here are his top match winning knocks :<\/p>\n

1.102* off 109 balls vs Australia, ICC Champions Trophy 2017<\/h4>\n

\"Top-5<\/p>\n

It was a crucial group-stage encounter of the 2017 Champions Trophy and the hosts, in reply to Australia\u2019s 9-277, were in all sorts of trouble after Jos Hazlewood [2-50] and Mitchell Starc [1-52] had wreaked havoc on their top-order, reducing them to 3-35 within the first six overs.<\/p>\n

Enter Ben Stokes. The all-rounder hadn\u2019t managed to score an ODI hundred up until that point in his 45-match career and he fittingly chose this game to break the duck.<\/p>\n

Stokes proceeded to belt the Australian attack to all corners of the Edgbaston Cricket Ground and all along with skipper Eoin Morgan [87] and Jos Buttler [29*] took the home side from the brink of elimination to a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Stokes stroked 2 sixes and 13 fours in his unbeaten 109-ball 102 to knock the Aussies out of the Champions Trophy<\/p>\n

2.4-26, 2-20 & 85 vs Bangladesh, 1st Test, Chattogram 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Test match that once again impinged Ben Stokes status as an all-condition all-rounder for England.<\/p>\n

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