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)
Ben Stokes’ England career in pictures
Stokes hit England’s record one-day international score of 182 against New Zealand in 2023.












