On Fire: My Story of England's Summer to Remember

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Following the third ODI against West Indies at Bristol in September 2017, Stokes was arrested after becoming involved in a street brawl near a nightclub with two men, at which teammate Alex Hales was also present. The whole squad, including the captain Eoin Morgan, had to self-isolate just before a home series against Pakistan. The highlights of his explosive England career to date have included scoring the fastest ever Test century at Lord’s (against New Zealand in May 2015) and England’s fastest ever Test double-century (against South Africa at Cape Town in January 2016). I finished the book in 2 days flat and expect to read a lot more of Stokes' accomplishments in the coming years. At Headingley, in the second Test, he scored his fourth Test century, and at Lord's in the third, he took a career best 6–22 with the ball.

Stokes has scored the fastest Test century at Lord's and England's fastest Test double-century anywhere. The emphasis is, naturally, on the final and the central role Stokes played in England’s long awaited triumph.The fourth and final match of the series was won by South Africa, although Stokes did take another five wickets, including 4–86 in South Africa's first innings.

You will be presented with an invoice which you can print and send off to us along with your payment. He then went on to play in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, during which he scored a century against the India Under-19 team.Stokes enjoyed a solid series, however, finishing as England's third-highest run scorer with 279 runs and also second-highest wicket taker with 15 wickets. He made scores of 47 and 72, with the latter from only 47 balls, to set South Africa a target of 437. In October 2020, he scored 107 not out for Rajasthan Royals as part of an unbeaten partnership of 152 with Sanju Samson. p>The data controller is Headline Publishing Group Limited. It provides an insider's account into the dream summer the Englishmen had in 2019, wherein they won an enthralling WC at home and then drew the Ashes with arch rivals Australia.

The couple thanked Stokes afterwards for defending them, saying that he "didn't deserve being put through a trial". He then made 26 runs in his only innings in the next test, as England drew the match to lose the series. Despite missing the entire 2022 season of the competition, he was retained by the Superchargers on 15 February 2023 ahead of the coming season.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AT THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS. This is a fantastic and compelling read in the voice of Stokes, particularly the rollercoaster ride of the One Day World Cup.

Stokes was praised for his batting efforts on a typical fast and bouncy Waca surface against the hostile fast bowling of Mitchell Johnson at the height of his bowling powers. At the epicentre of England’s historic triumph was Ben Stokes, the talismanic all-rounder with an insatiable appetite for The Big Occasion. In domestic cricket, he represents Durham and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues around the world. Became the second cricketer after Ian Botham to have over 4,000 runs and over 100 wickets in Tests for England. Afterwards, he records in Firestarter, he sat down and wrote the wrong score (257) on a souvenir stump, in permanent marker.Stokes scored his second ODI century against South Africa in the lead-up to the Champions Trophy, and in the tournament itself his third, against Australia. ON FIRE is Ben Stokes' brand new book, and in it he tells the story of England's electrifying first ever Cricket World Cup triumph, as well as this summer's momentous Ashes Test series. In February 2017, Stokes was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants to play in the Indian Premier League during the 2017 season. Even his outbursts of volatility have become more controlled: breaking a bat is far preferable to breaking a bone, as Stokes infamously did when tangling with a Kensington Oval locker in 2014.