Ben Stokes

“England's 2-1 defeat by New Zealand in June.”

“I would love to be coach of England one day? Absolutely.”

“I'm doing my level three coaching now while I'm still playing”

“Stokes had backed Brook, who leads the white-ball sides, to succeed him in the role.”

“Stokes said: 'Definitely'”

“end a 15-year international career.”

“hit 30 off 20 balls”

“his incredible 84”

“135 not out”

“122 Tests for England, 44 as captain”

“114 one-day internationals and 43 T20s”

“7,273 runs and 252 wickets”

“136 sixes”

“won 10 of their first 11 Tests”

“almost 56% of his previous 43 Tests”

“2-0 down to draw 2-2”

“draw 2-2 with India, then were beaten 4-1 in Australia”

“The World Cup final and the Headingley Ashes Test in 2019”

“during the third Test against New Zealand”

“second Test at The Oval”

“first ball delivered in retirement”

“Durham's five T20 Blast matches between 3 and 12 July”

“he said he had been considering ending his career since England's 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia”

“It was an unfortunate situation to be involved in over the past two weeks.”

“Being back at Durham, when I wasn't playing in the second Test, I found a new lease of life for the game”

“It's been an interesting four or five weeks, maybe six months in general,”

“at 35 I feel like I have got to do so much physical work to keep doing what I'm doing out there.”

“he mentioned the 2015 Ashes, when he took a stunning catch off the bowling of Stuart Broad at Trent Bridge to help win the urn for the only time in his career.”

“I'm an Ashes winner, I've won a 50-over World Cup, a T20 World Cup.”

“his first delivery after the announcement took a New Zealand wicket.”

“England captain Ben Stokes has made a stunning announcement to retire from international cricket at the conclusion of the ongoing third Test against New Zealand.”

“And Stokes told his England team-mates of his decision before the fourth day of the deciding Test against the Black Caps.”