English all-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday (17th March) talked about his innings in the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Barbados. He said that it was one is his most memorable century.
Returning to the game of cricket in Ashes 2021-22 after taking an indefinite break, Stokes didn’t have the kind of impact he would’ve wanted. The southpaw’s poor form was one of the main reasons for England’s horrendous outings with the bat in the five-Test series.
Stokes got the start in every match but failed to convert them into a big knock. He scored only 236 runs at an average of 23.60 in England’s 0-4 thrashing at the hands of Australia.
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Coming into the Test series against West Indies, the all-rounder had a poor outing in the first game as well as he scored only 49 runs with the bat. He, however, replied to all the critics in style in the ongoing second Test.
Batting at No.5, Stokes smashed a masterful century and helped his side post a mammoth first innings total of 507/9 (declared) on the board. The southpaw reached his 11th Test ton in 114 balls. As he reached his century, he paid tribute to his late father Ged, who died of brain cancer in September 2020.
During his knock, Stokes also completed 5000 runs in Test cricket. He scored 120 runs and smashed 6 sixes and 11 fours in his innings before getting caught at long-on.
Talking about his knock, Ben Stokes said that his ton in the first innings of the second Test against West Indies was one of his most memorable knocks.
“Playing in a team sport, you never like to think in a selfish way, but out of the hundreds I've got, personally that's probably one of the most memorable, with everything that's been going on the last 18 months, couple of years," Stokes said.
Stokes admitted that there’s a lot of competition in his side and he only tried to seize the opportunity and score as many runs as he can.
“We have a very long batting line-up and once I got in I tried to seize the opportunity of us having so many runs on the board. You're not always going to be in such a fortunate situation, good wicket, loads of runs on the board, trying to get as many runs as you possibly can,” he said.
(Reuters inputs)
