ENG vs WI: This Hundred Is Memorable Because Of Everything That Has Gone Over The Last Two Years- Ben Stokes
Updated - 18 Mar 2022, 06:56 PM
England all-rounder Ben Stokes got emotional after scoring his 11th Test hundred on Thursday at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Stokes scored 120 off 128 balls against West Indies in the ongoing second Test match.
Stoke hammered 11 fours and six sixes at a strike rate of 93.75 in his sensational knock that cruised England to a mammoth total of 507/9 in the first innings. Stokes was involved in a 129-run stand with England Test captain Joe Root, who scored 153 off 316 deliveries.
Ben Stokes scored 11th Test hundred
This was Stokes’ first hundred in the span of two years as he reached the three-figure mark against the same opposition in July 2020 in Manchester. Stokes came back to England’s Test squad in the Ashes 2021-22 after nearly missing competitive cricket for four months to tackle his mental health problems.
Of the hundreds, I’ve got that’s personally one of the more memorable ones: Ben Stokes on his 120 vs WI 2nd Test
On December 8, Stokes lost his father Ged Stokes after his long battle with cancer. Stokes said that his recent knock was a memorable one as he paid tribute to his late father and the England all-rounder also acknowledged the challenges he personally had to go through in the last two years.
“It’s a very special feeling. I don’t like to speak selfishly but it was nice out there to look up to the sky and say ‘cheers’. Of the hundreds, I’ve got that’s personally one of the more memorable ones because of everything that’s gone on over the last 18 months or two years,” Stokes was quoted as saying by BT Sport.
“It was great. In India last year I got 99 and it was a bit of a dagger in the heart so it was nice to get there and remember him that way,” he added.
Stokes scored a couple of fifties in the Sydney Test against Australia as England forced a draw to avoid the embarrassment of 5-0 whitewash in the Ashes Down Under.
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