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From Bazball to backwards: Ben Stokes rescued England – but early heroics can’t hide the fact his naive, tin-eared team has gone backwards, didn’t win the series that matter most and is now left in a rare old mess
As the great and the good lined up to hug and high-five Ben Stokes on the…
What’s next for England: The frontrunner to be next captain revealed (and it isn’t Harry Brook), what will happen to Rob Key and Brendon McCullum and the chances of Ben Stokes playing in next year’s Ashes
After Ben Stokes’ bombshell announcement on Sunday, England are on the lookout for a new Test…
England PLAYER RATINGS v New Zealand: Who showed a ‘dereliction of duty’, which Ashes star gets just a 4, who showed they are not ready for Test arena… and what does Ben Stokes get in his farewell?
England collapsed to a 160-run defeat at Trent Bridge in Ben Stokes’ final Test to hand…
Ben Stokes’ final England match ends in crushing 160-run defeat as New Zealand clinch series win
Ben Stokes’ final match as England captain ended in a 160-run defeat as New Zealand came…
Inside Ben Stokes’ bombshell retirement: The dressing-room confidants he told first, why Brendon McCullum was not surprised… and how the battle with England chiefs unfolded behind the scenes
Before Ben Stokes went to bed in Hart’s Hotel in Nottingham city centre on Saturday night,…
Ben Stokes’ England career ends as he is out for 30 after his surprise retirement announcement DURING New Zealand Test – with departure coming just weeks after nightclub incident
England captain Ben Stokes indulged his maverick tendencies to the end – taking a wicket with…
Inside Ben Stokes’ bombshell retirement: The dressing-room confidants he told first, why Brendon McCullum was not surprised… and how the battle with England chiefs unfolded behind the scenes
Before Ben Stokes went to bed in Hart’s Hotel in Nottingham city centre on Saturday night,…
Ben Stokes reveals why he is quitting international cricket after shocking team-mates and fans with retirement during Trent Bridge Test against New Zealand: ‘I burnt myself out’
Ben Stokes admitted ‘burnout’ had influenced his decision to relinquish the Test captaincy and retire as…
With a final farewell to the Bazball era, Ben Stokes cut loose and his team-mates bought into his mania. World cricket will be a quieter, less colourful place without him, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH
You didn’t think he’d go quietly, did you? Ben Stokes, oozing main-character energy until the end,…
I don’t blame Ben Stokes for walking away – he was born to be England captain but has been BETRAYED by lesser men who hung him out to dry, writes OLIVER HOLT
It was what Ben Stokes stood for, in tandem with the Boy’s Own adventures he conjured…
I don’t blame Ben Stokes for walking away – he was born to be England captain but has been BETRAYED by lesser men who hung him out to dry, writes OLIVER HOLT
It was what Ben Stokes stood for, in tandem with the Boy’s Own adventures he conjured…
England should be worried about Ben Stokes’ batting – their tail now starts at No 7 and he has one chance left to prove his alarming drop-off isn’t the result of something more serious, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH
Ben Stokes walked out to uproarious applause and trudged off to pindrop silence. In between, he…
England’s Jamie Smith dilemma: Wicketkeeper is out of rhythm and has been put back in the crosshairs after Ben Stokes’ despair at Trent Bridge – the onus is on him to reduce the chat
Ben Stokes threw his hands up in the air, before wringing them around his waist, unable…
Record-breaking New Zealand pile on the runs on day one of Ben Stokes’ England return – this was not the pick-me-up he craved, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH
There seemed little doubt after the chaos of the last few weeks that Ben Stokes would…
It’s D-Day for English cricket’s civil war: Insiders reveal to LAWRENCE BOOTH how Rob Key is ‘feeling the heat’ with job on line, the serious doubts over Ben Stokes’ future as captain and returning leader’s battles with ECB bosses
As Ben Stokes filibustered his way through his first press conference since the end of the Lord’s…
Ben Stokes reveals he has apologised to England team-mates after Chelsea nightclub incident forced him to miss second Test defeat: ‘I needed to look everyone who it has affected in the eye’
Ben Stokes apologised to his players for making last week about him not them after returning…
Returning England captain Ben Stokes will be under immediate pressure to deliver for the third Test – with futures of Rob Key and Brendon McCullum also on the line
For much of the past fortnight, the question on everyone’s lips was whether Ben Stokes had…
Ben Stokes did not believe he had breached team curfew in nightclub incident – as England captain is named in squad for third Test after regulator probe reveals he had no case to answer
Ben Stokes did not believe he breached the team curfew that made him the subject of…
Ben Stokes did not believe he had breached team curfew in nightclub incident – as England captain is named in squad for third Test after regulator probe reveals he had no case to answer
Ben Stokes did not believe he breached the team curfew that made him the subject of…