Ben Stokes, England test captain, to retire from international cricket
Key takeaways
- England test captain Ben Stokes will retire from international cricket after the ongoing test match against New Zealand.
- The shocking announcement came 15 minutes before the tea break.
- “The reasons can wait [about] why,” Stokes said in his dressing-room speech. “But I’ve had many trips to the well before for this team, and I’ve got one more trip to do.”
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England test captain Ben Stokes will retire from international cricket after the ongoing test match against New Zealand.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo England's Ben Stokes before the start of play in the third test against New Zealand [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]By APPublished On 28 Jun 202628 Jun 2026England captain Ben Stokes has made the dramatic decision to announce his imminent retirement from international cricket midway through the deciding third test against New Zealand.
“This is my last two days as your captain and my last two days representing England,” Stokes told his England teammates inside the dressing room on Sunday at the start of play at Trent Bridge on Day 4, in a video released on social media by England Cricket.