TIL Desk Sports/ England all-rounder Ben Stokes felt very emotional yet satisfied after his brilliance helped secure a one-day international series-levelling victory against New Zealand on Wednesday in his second game back since being charged with affray.
Last September’s incident in Bristol and the legal process that followed kept the 26-year-old out of England’s unsuccessful Ashes tour of Australia.
Stokes pled not guilty at a court appearance last month and made his long-awaited comeback at Hamilton on Sunday, scoring 12 and claiming a couple of wickets as New Zealand won the first of five one-dayers by three wickets.
“It was very satisfying for me. I was quite emotional walking off there at the end,” Stokes said after his key contributions to England’s six-wicket win at Mount Maunganui.
“Even walking on the field the first time and walking off tonight made me understand how much of a privilege it is to represent your country. It was a different feeling to what it is normally but it was a great feeling to be walking off there.”
Stokes claimed 2-42 before returning to hit 63 not out to help England level the series ahead of Saturday’s third ODI in Wellington.
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