Ben Stokes Named ICC Cricketer Of The Year
Updated - 09 Jun 2023, 03:05 PM
England superstar Ben Stokes has won the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy at the ICC Awards for being the World Player of the Year. He became the third England player after Andrew Flintoff and Jonathan Trott to win the award. Ben Stokes had a remarkable 2019 with both bat and ball as he carved his name in the history books.
In a year when England finally ended their decades long wait for the World Cup, Ben Stokes emerged as their hero. He produced a stunning all round performance throughout the competition, helping England win the trophy at home. Ben Stokes scored 465 runs with the help of five fifties including one in the final against New Zealand.
He guided England from a disastrous 68 for four to a tie at 241 with a score of 84 not out in the final before stepping to the crease again to score eight runs in the super over. Ben Stokes also made an impact with the ball as he picked up seven wickets in the competition. He then proved his worth in Tests too by helping England drew the Ashes.
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In the third Ashes Test, he scored a stunning 135 as England registered a miraculous win by chasing down an improbable target of 356. 74 of those runs came for the final-wicket partnership with Jack Leach in which the spinner scored only one run. Stokes’ knock helped England remain alive in the series. Towards the end of the year, he was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year last month. The England allrounder became the first cricketer to win the prize since Andrew Flintoff in 2005.
A World Cup winner and scorer of one of the greatest Test innings of all time, Ben Stokes is the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the world player of the year.#ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/5stP1fqSAP
— ICC (@ICC) January 15, 2020
Ben Stokes winning the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy also ended India skipper Virat Kohli’s hopes of winning the prestigious award for a third consecutive time. Kohli had won the award in last two years.
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