Ben stokes retirement odi

In a breaking development, England all-rounder Ben Stokes announced on Monday that he would be retiring from One-Day Internationals (ODI) following the first ODI against South Africa on Tuesday. "I will play my last game for England in ODI cricket on Tuesday in Durham,” Stokes said in a statement uploaded on his Twitter handle. "I have decided to retire from this format. This has been an incredibly tough decision to make. I have loved every minute of playing with my mates for England. We have had an incredible journey on the way. England vs Ireland: Ben Stokes tries to allay fitness fears ahead of Ashes Ashes 2023: England's Ben Stokes vows no let-up in attacking approach "As hard as a decision as this was to come to, it's not as hard dealing with the fact I can't give my teammates 100% of myself in this format anymore. The England shirt deserves nothing less from anyone who wears it,” he continued in his statement. The 31-year-old Stokes has played 104 ODIs for England, and the ODI against South Africa on Tuesday will be his 105 th in the format. Stokes has amassed 2919 runs and taken 74 wickets in the format. Stokes will get the chance to impress once more in Durham’s Chester-le-Street, his home ground since Stokes has played county cricket for Durham.

Ben Stokes has led a revolution in England’s approach to Test cricket since assuming the captaincy from Joe Root earlier this year. But the next stage of development for the ODI side that he dragged over the line to World Cup glory in 2019 will take place without the superstar all-rounder. Stokes stunned the cricketing world by announcing Tuesday’s match against South Africa at Chester-le-Street will be his last in the 50-over format at international level. An emotional farewell in front of his adoring home faithful in Durham awaits before Stokes returns to the business of England’s Test revival and the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. What it means for an England ODI team still adapting to a new era under Jos Buttler, following skipper Eoin Morgan’s retirement last month, is less clear, while there are serious matters to consider for cricket’s administrators both in England and globally. Why is Ben Stokes retiring from ODI cricket? In his retirement statement, Stokes made it clear he did not feel able to give his best across all three formats of Tests, ODIs and T20s. "As hard as a decision as this was to come to, it’s not as hard dealing with the fact I can’t give my teammates 100% of myself in this format anymore,” he said. "The England shirt deserves nothing less from anyone who wears it. "Three formats are just unsustainable for me now. Not only do I feel that my body is letting me down because of the schedule and what is expected of us, but I also feel that...

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 s...