Ben Stokes century: You are amazing Ben Stokes! Held the bat for the first time after retirement and scored a stormy century

New Delhi: England’s legendary cricketer Ben Stokes is back in action once again after his retirement from Test cricket. Recently Stokes had announced his retirement from Test cricket. Shortly after retirement, Stokes has now returned to domestic cricket for Durham. In the One-Day Cup match played on Tuesday, Stokes scored an unbeaten century for Durham, leading to a spectacular victory over Derbyshire.

For Durham, Ben Stokes played an inning of 108 runs while chasing the target of 257 runs. This century came from Stokes’ bat after 12 years in the county’s List A match. During this innings, Stokes was suffering from cramps, but bearing the pain, Stokes led the team to victory. However, Stokes could not show any magic in bowling. Stokes bowled 9 overs for Durham, in which he did not get a single wicket.

Why did Stokes suddenly retire?

35 year old Ben Stokes has been one of the best all-rounders in modern day cricket. However, his career has also been full of controversies. This is the reason why he said goodbye to Test cricket at a young age. His latest controversy was regarding a fight in a London nightclub during the Test series against New Zealand. After this incident, the England Cricket Board investigated him and he was dropped from the second test match. After this, he returned in the third test and announced his retirement from the same match.

Martin Anderson scored for Derbyshire

At the same time, if we talk about this match, in the match against Durham, Derbyshire team came on the field to bat first. On behalf of Derbyshire, Martin Anderson performed strongly and scored a century for his team. It was only because of Martin’s century that the Derbyshire team was able to score a challenging score of 256 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs game.