On Fire: My Story of England's Summer to Remember

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Sibley's slow show and England's second-longest partnership in 20 years". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 July 2020. Stokes has scored the fastest Test century at Lord's and England's fastest Test double-century anywhere. Ashes 2013–14: Ben Stokes a welcome positive as England build for future | Ashes 2013–14". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 March 2021. The Story Of Ben Stokes' First Great Test Match". Wisden. 11 October 2020 . Retrieved 23 March 2021.

I find sometimes people are a bit nervous to go into the detail about that kind of stuff with me. It's perceived you can't feel a certain way – that's a sign of weakness to show that you are not mentally feeling great. People think they can't ask people who have struggled. No. It's fine. I'll happily tell you as much as I possibly can. Will, MacPherson (12 September 2019). "Steve Smith 'could force experts to rip up batting manuals' after Ashes masterclass". Evening Standard . Retrieved 26 September 2019. On 28 April 2022, Stokes was named as England men's Test captain after Joe Root's resignation. [2] With new coach Brendon McCullum, Stokes developed a new style of play which would come to be known as Bazball, noted for its fearless and entertaining nature. [84] [85]Records / Test matches / Batting records / *Most sixes in an innings". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 4 January 2016. Jofra Archer misses World Cup cut but included to play Ireland, Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 April 2019. To complete the 2020 short list is Jason Plato’s HOW NOT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL RACING DRIVER. Plato is a two-time championship winning and record-breaking racing driver who reveals all in a no-holds-barred account of his stellar career and occasionally riotous personal life.

The book is the story of Stokes' two career defining innings in the summer of 2019, the first in the world cup final, the second at Headingley some 42 days later. There is some stuff about other matches but that is mostly structure and padding.He is the Special One, and I intend to call him that for the rest of his career' Sir Ian Botham, Daily Telegraph In December 2019, he was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and was also awarded the OBE. It's the same with success and failure. There's always the momentum thing, but you just have to put whatever happened in the past behind you." 2019 New Zealand [ edit ]