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England’s Ben Stokes announced his retirement from international cricket on Sunday. Following is a look back at the defining highs and lows of his career since he made his One-Day International and T20 international debuts in 2011 and his test debut in 2013. A left-handed batter and right-arm pace bowler, he has scored more than 10,000 runs and taken more than 300 wickets over his career, and is regarded as one of England’s greatest ever all-rounders. 2013 Ashes debut century Stokes’ 2013-14 Ashes century in Perth was a rare highlight on a tour to forget, showcasing his pugnacity. 2016 Record-breaking knock in Cape Town Stokes’ 258 in Cape Town in 2016 was historic the second-fastest of all time and underlined his brutal hitting power. It remains his highest test score. 2016 T20 World Cup final heartbreak He was handed the ball for the last over of the 2016 T20 World Cup final, with the West Indies needing 19 runs to win from 6 balls. Stokes’ first four balls were hit for sixes as the West Indies won the cham...

Ben Stokes has announced his retirement as England Test captain and from international cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement issued Sunday. Stokes will end his England career following the conclusion of the ongoing third Test against New Zealand in Nottingham. As news spread of the 35-year-old all-rounder’s decision, he received a standing ovation from the crowd at Trent Bridge, and there were more cheers shortly afterwards when he dismissed New Zealand’s Zak Foulkes on the fourth day of the third and deciding Test of a three-match series. Sunday’s announcement came after Stokes returned to England duty at Trent Bridge after being omitted from a 253-run defeat in the second Test at the Oval for breaking a midnight curfew, alongside teammate Gus Atkinson, while celebrating at a London nightclub following the first-Test win over New Zealand. ’Talismanic figure’ Telling his teammates his celebrated England career would soon end, Stokes said in a clip shared by the ECB: “There’s s...