Ben Stokes News

The world's number one batsman Steve Smith returns to the fray as England and Australia resume Test cricket battleAustralia, with Smith back in their line-up, will retain the Ashes with victory at Old Trafford in the fourth test, while a win for England would set up a decider at the Oval next week

The fourth Ashes Test begins at Old Trafford, Manchester on 4th SeptemberBen Stokes has revealed which Premier League football club he will now support

Part of the story of the summer of Ben Stokes has been about batting with the tail. Test cricket has seen some fine and diverse exponents of this skilful practice

ICC's official Twitter handle had posted a picture of Stokes with TendulkarIt was again Ben Stokes' heroics which helped England script an improbable win in the third Ashes Test

With three matches played the score in the Ashes stands at 1-1Off the 76 runs added for the last wicket by Jack Leach and Ben Stokes, the former scored just one and for the rest of the 75 he was just a spectator

There were some remarkable performances from players in all the three matches on three different continentsBen Stokes probably provided the best performance in the last week, a performance that will be remembered for years

Ben Stokes and Jack leach achieved the impossible with a 76 run partnership for the 10th wicket at Headingley against AustraliaLivemint takes a look at previous instances when last wicket partnerships helped team get the desired result

Victory saw England level the five-Test series at 1-1England, bowled out for just 67 in their first innings, needed 73 more runs to reach a victory target of 359 when last man, the bespectacled Jack Leach came into bat

Ben Stokes went on to redeem himself with a superlative performance at the World Cup, amassing 465 runs and claiming seven wickets for EnglandEleven English cricketers have been knighted for services to cricket till now

England set New Zealand a victory target of 16 runs in the Super over after both teams were tied on 241 after 50 oversStokes is no stranger to heartbreak in a high-pressure game, having conceded four successive sixes in the T20 World Cup final loss to the West Indies in Kolkata three years ago