Ben Stokes’ last salute to cricket, shared emotional message after retirement

England’s legendary cricketer Ben Stokes has shared an emotional post after retiring from international cricket. He remembered his 15 years long historic career and expressed his gratitude to his fans. Ben Stokes had confirmed his retirement from international cricket during the third Test match against New Zealand.

In his 15-year long career, Ben Stokes emerged as one of the most successful all-rounder players in history. During this period, he played 279 international matches wearing the England jersey, in which apart from scoring 11321 runs, he also took 352 wickets.

shared emotional message

Ben Stokes made an emotional post on social media and wrote – These 15 years have been great. In this journey, I touched new heights in my cricket career and personal life. My career was coming to an end and no one else could have taken this decision except me. I give a lot of love to every fan of England and cricket, who always supported me.”

Ben Stokes achieved new heights in his personal cricket career. Apart from this, he also made an important contribution in making the England team world champion twice. He scored unbeaten 84 runs against New Zealand in the 2019 ODI World Cup final. In the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup, Stokes once again took the responsibility of making England the champion. This time in the final, Stokes played an unbeaten inning of 52 runs against Pakistan.

It’s been a crazy 15 years. It’s had everything thrown in there, from the highest highs to the lowest lows (on and off the field 😜).

My time was up, and no one was going to be able to make that decision other than me.

But in the meantime, I just want to say I ❤️ every single…

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) July 3, 2026

Ben Stokes played the last match of his career against New Zealand. A total of 45 runs were scored in the 2 innings of this match and in bowling, he took 6 wickets in both the innings together. However, Stokes had to end his career with a defeat.

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