Ben Stokes’ England career in pictures

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29 Jun 2026 • 1:35 AM MYT

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Ben Stokes’ England career in pictures

Ben Stokes retired from international cricket in typically dramatic fashion with a mid-match announcement against New Zealand.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look back at his England career in pictures.

Stokes made his debut in the white-ball formats in 2011 (Nigel French/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes made a combative Test debut during a 4-0 Ashes defeat in 2013-14 (Anthony Devlin/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes endured a chastening experience in 2016 when he conceded four successive sixes to Carlos Brathwaite as the West Indies won the T20 World Cup final (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes was cleared of affray following a 2018 trial in Bristol, though he was fined £30,000 by the England and Wales Cricket Board and banned for eight matches (Ben Birchall/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes was England’s match-winner in a staggering 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand, hitting 84 to tie the game before a reprise in the Super Over (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Archive)

The following month, Stokes hit a match-winning 135 not out in the third Ashes Test at Headingley and put on 76 with last man Jack Leach, who contributed one (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes was named England Test captain in 2022, ushering in the so-called ‘Bazball’ era (John Walton/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes produced another World Cup-winning innings in 2022, 52 not out against Pakistan at the MCG to seal the T20 title and lay the ghost of Brathwaite (PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes hit England’s record one-day international score of 182 against New Zealand in 2023, in his third match back from ODI retirement (John Walton/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes made a century and took a five-wicket haul in the same Test against India last year, just the fourth Englishman to achieve the feat (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Archive)

Stokes took a wicket the ball after the Trent Bridge crowd rose to applaud the news of his retirement (Joe Giddens/PA) (PA Wire)

Stokes then came out to open the batting, smashing 30 before being applauded off the ground for the final time (Joe Giddens/PA) (PA Wire)

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