Stats: Ben Stokes' ODI career in numbers

The star of the epic 2019 World Cup final, England’s Ben Stokes played his last ODI on Tuesday (July 19) against South Africa. He had announced his retirement from the format a day before the game stating that it was impossible for him to keep playing all three formats. Three years after the historic clash with New Zealand at the home of cricket, Lord’s, Stokes shocked the cricketing world by deciding to quit the format. To keep the focus on the other two formats, 31-year-old Stokes has made up his mind to hang up his boots in the 50-overs format.

The New Zealand-born, Ben played a pivotal and crucial role in winning most of the most enthralling and significant matches in the history of ODI cricket. Chasing a target of 242 set by the Kiwis in the 2019 WC final, the left-handed batter remained unbeaten on 84 off 98 with five fours and two maximums. With the scores getting levelled and the match getting tied, a super-over took place to decide the winner. England batted first and Stokes also scored important eight out of the 15 runs in it. The rest is history as he won the Player of the Match award and also the first-ever ODI World Cup title for England.

Ben made his debut in the format 11 years back against Ireland in Dublin in 2011. He represented England in 105 matches and scored 2924 runs at an average of 38.99 and a strike rate of 95.09. In 90 innings, he smashed three centuries and 21 half-centuries with the highest score of 102*. With the ball in hand, Stokes took 74 wickets in 88 innings at an economy rate of 6.05 with the best figures of 5/61. We wish the English all-rounder a happy ODI retirement and all the success in the other two formats.

Meanwhile, let’s take a look at some of the important stats/records of Ben Stokes in one-day internationals:

5 – Ben Stokes has smashed fifth-most sixes (88) for England in the format.

4 – Stokes has the fourth-highest individual score (84*) while chasing in a World Cup final.

1 – Stokes is the only English player to win the Player of the Match award in a World Cup final.

3 – All-rounder Stokes is one of the three England players with 2500-plus runs and 50 or more wickets in ODIs after Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood.

3 – Stokes has the third-best average of 48.65 by any batter at no. five with a minimum of 50 innings played.

2 – Stokes also boasts the second highest strike rate of 92.40 at no. five with a minimum of 50 innings.

2 – Ben also holds the record for the second-best score of 102* against Australia in Champions Trophy tournaments.