Ben Stokes
English cricketer
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| January 2025 | Scheduled surgery for Stokes' hamstring injury, with a recovery period expected to keep him out of all cricketing activities. |
| December 2024 | During the third Test against New Zealand in Hamilton, Stokes suffered a torn left hamstring, requiring surgery and ruling him out of cricket for at least three months. |
| October 2024 | Stokes committed to a new two-year central contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), extending his commitment until autumn 2026. |
| July 28 2024 | Ben Stokes broke the record for the fastest Test half-century by an English player, scoring 50 runs off just 24 balls against the West Indies at Edgbaston, surpassing Ian Botham's 1981 record. He finished unbeaten on 57, hitting nine fours and two sixes. |
| February 15 2024 | Played his 100th Test match against India. |
| 2023 | During the 2023 Cricket World Cup, Stokes scored a century against Netherlands, making 108 runs off 84 balls and winning the Man of the Match award |
| December 23 2023 | Bought by Chennai Super Kings for the IPL 2023 season for INR 16.25 Crore (£1.6 million). |
| August 16 2023 | Stokes reversed his ODI retirement and was named in England's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup, making a surprising return to the format he had previously stepped away from. |
| February 2023 | Set a new record for the total number of sixes hit in a Test career, surpassing 107 sixes previously held by Brendon McCullum. |
| February 15 2023 | Retained by Northern Superchargers ahead of The Hundred season. |
| 2022 | Ben Stokes donated his match fees from the Pakistan test series to support relief efforts following the devastating 2022 Pakistan floods, expressing hope that the contribution would help rebuild the most affected areas. |
| 2022 | Won the ICC T20 World Cup with England. |
| July 2022 | Led England to a 2-1 Test series victory against South Africa, where he was named Player of the Series. During the series, he scored 149 runs in 4 innings and took 10 wickets with a bowling average of 15.70. |
| July 18 2022 | Ben Stokes announced his retirement from One Day International (ODI) cricket, citing the physical and mental challenges of playing across all three cricket formats. |
| June 2022 | Stokes began his captaincy by leading England to a 3-0 clean sweep against the New Zealand cricket team, scoring 194 runs in 5 innings at an average of 48.50. |
| May 6 2022 | Returned to Durham with a record-breaking 161 from 88 balls against Worcestershire, hitting five consecutive sixes in one over and surpassing Paul Collingwood's record for the fastest first-class century by a Durham player. |
| April 28 2022 | Ben Stokes was named as England men's Test captain following Joe Root's resignation, marking the start of a new leadership era in English cricket. |
| 2021 | Ben Stokes became stand-in captain for England's ODI series against Pakistan after a COVID outbreak led to the entire original squad, including Eoin Morgan, being required to self-isolate. He led an inexperienced team to a nine-wicket victory in the first match. |
| 2021 | Stokes and his mother received damages from The Sun newspaper for a front-page story about a family tragedy. |
| October 2021 | Stokes was added to England's squad for the 2021–22 Ashes series in Australia. |
| July 30 2021 | Ben Stokes announced he would take an 'indefinite break' from cricket. |
| June 2021 | Stokes announced an indefinite break from cricket to focus on his mental wellbeing, citing the Bristol incident, COVID-19 pandemic, and his father's death as contributing factors. |
| 2020 | Stokes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours for his services to cricket. |
| 2020 | During the first Test against West Indies, Stokes took his 150th wicket, becoming the sixth cricketer to score 4,000 runs and take 150 wickets in Test cricket. |
| 2020 | In the first innings of the second Test against West Indies, Stokes scored 176 runs, recording his tenth century in Test cricket. |
| December 2020 | Stokes' father Ged Stokes passed away from brain cancer. |
| June 17 2020 | Stokes was included in England's 30-man squad for Test series training against West Indies, and was named captain for an inter-squad warm-up match in the absence of Joe Root. |
| 2019 | In a match against Australia, Stokes scored 89 runs in a chase of 286, but England fell short by 64 runs. |
| 2019 | Stokes was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in Aberdeen, highlighting his outstanding sporting performance. |
| 2019 | During the Ashes series, Stokes played a historic innings in the third Test at Headingley, scoring an unbeaten 135 and leading England to an improbable victory after being initially on the brink of defeat. This performance was described as 'one of the greatest innings of all time' and rated by Wisden as the Greatest hundred of the decade. |
| 2019 | In a crucial match against India, Stokes scored a quick-fire 79 runs in 54 balls, helping England win by 31 runs. |
| 2019 | In the final test match against South Africa, Stokes took 4 wickets, contributing to England's 191-run victory and securing a second consecutive away series win. |
| 2019 | In the opening match against South Africa, Stokes scored 89 runs, claimed two wickets, ran out Dwaine Pretorius, and took two catches, being declared 'Man of the Match' in England's 104-run win. |
| 2019 | Stokes was named England's player of the series in the 2019 Ashes, finishing as the top run-scorer with 441 runs, including 2 hundreds and 2 fifties, and also taking 8 wickets. |
| 2019 | Stokes was named in the ICC's 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. |
| 2019 | Ben Stokes was named Man of the Match in the final of the Cricket World Cup, delivering a crucial performance for England. |
| 2019 | During the 4-test match tour of South Africa, Ben Stokes was named player of the series after scoring 318 runs and taking 10 wickets. |
| 2019 | In a subsequent match of the South Africa tour, Stokes scored a crucial first innings score of 120, helping England secure an innings win and take a 2-1 lead in the series. |
| 2019 | In the 2nd test against South Africa, Stokes delivered a 'man of the match' performance, scoring 47 and 72 runs, with the latter coming from only 47 balls. He set South Africa a target of 437 and then took the final 3 wickets to bowl them out for 248 runs, leveling the series. |
| 2019 | Received the ICC Player of the Year award at the 2019 ICC Awards, recognizing his exceptional contributions to cricket. |
| 2019 | During the tour of New Zealand, Stokes made significant performances including scores of 91 and 28 in the first test match, despite England suffering an innings defeat. |
| 2019 | In a match against Sri Lanka, Stokes was stranded on 82* as England was bowled out for 212 in a surprise 20-run defeat. |
| September 25 2019 | Ben Stokes was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Allerdale, recognizing his significant contributions and achievements. |
| April 2019 | Ben Stokes was named in England's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. |
| December 2018 | Stokes pleaded guilty to ECB charges and was fined £30,000 and banned for eight matches. |
| September 2018 | Stokes was charged by the ECB with bringing the game into disrepute over the Bristol incident and social media posts. |
| August 14 2018 | Stokes was acquitted of affray charges after testifying he was defending a gay couple from homophobic abuse. |
| August 6 2018 | Stokes' trial for the Bristol nightclub incident began. |
| February 13 2018 | Stokes appeared before Bristol Magistrates' Court regarding the nightclub incident. |
| January 15 2018 | Stokes was charged with affray for the Bristol nightclub incident. |
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