Emotions run high as Stokes delivers

By Chris Stocks in Mount Maunganui

Feeling honoured: Ben Stokes admitted he felt emotional leaving the field after England’s win
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ODI SERIES ROUND-UP
EVEN if he had not managed to almost single-handedly drag England back into this one-day series, there is no doubt these first two matches against New Zealand would have been dominated by the presence of the returning Ben Stokes.
The 26-year-old did his best to alter the course of the first ODI in Hamilton last Sunday, when his two wickets deep into the Black Caps’ pursuit of 285 should have been enough to ...

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