It has been an incredible 12 months for Stokes and the England team. Captain Eoin Morgan insists Ben Stokes is not to blame for England's dramatic loss to West Indies in Sunday's World Twenty20 final. A solitary sign next to the trolley park outside a branch of Waitrose in Hexham, Northumberland, is the only indication that the man who bowled the final over the World Twenty20 final is making an appearance in the store. Head high. Darren Sammy reveals how Ben Stokes’ comment pumped up Marlon Samuels in the T20 WC final Posted On / June 9, 2020 / by Akshat Gaur Darren Sammy on 2016 T20 World Cup final … England v West Indies, World T20 2016 final, Kolkata April 4, 2016 'Ben Stokes is still my hero' 2016 T20 World Cup It will be a little bit of motivation to make sure this does not ever happen again. “Disappointment is the biggest emotion now. We share pain, we share the success. With 19 needed off six balls England should have been home and dry. ", One of music's rising stars brings you her mixtape. Last updated on 4 April 20164 April 2016.From the section Cricket. By Pa Reporter 13:52 04 Apr 2016, updated 14:47 04 Apr 2016 Off it you have to let it go.”. I didn’t want to get back up. England had taken the game into the Super Over and Ben Stokes was the one who faced the last ball with two needed. I had been in that type of situation for four weeks in all my training so it was not a case of holding anything back and thinking I hope I get this one in, because I knew I could do it. The good thing is that Stokes is young and has experienced highs and lows in his career already so he will be able to handle this in time.". Read about our approach to external linking. "It's not his fault," Morgan said of all-rounder Stokes. Pick your Telegraph Fantasy Cricket team for the chance to win a share of more than £16,000. But I said to Morgy [Eoin Morgan] afterwards that I was more nervous bowling the last over of the semi-final than I was the final. I wanted to keep my head up. The next two deliveries were better but Brathwaite managed to swing under the ball and hit them with ferocious, Stokes-like power. Ben Stokes admitted today he feels like he lost the World T20 Final for England after breaking his silence over his heartbreak against West Indies. “We did not have a beer with them afterwards but Brathwaite came up to me and asked for a shirt. What happens on the pitch stays on it. You don’t want it. It was an extraordinary final. There was just shock. He added: "As a captain you try to talk from the heart to someone in Stokes's position and put an arm around the shoulder. But Stokes says the sledging was aimed at geeing up his own team and has words of praise for Samuels’s performance before revealing Brathwaite asked for one of his shirts when they spoke afterwards. 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World Cup 2019 14th July 2019 saw Ben Stokes realising every bit of human emotion. Ben Stokes was speaking on behalf of Waitrose, Proud Sponsor of the England Cricket teams. "We were in a commanding position. Ben Stokes is consoled by his team-mate Joe Root after England lost the World T20 final against West Indies. Use tonight’s match as motivation on every level so you don’t feel like this again’. I didn't even face a ball and he had so much to say today," Samuels said. Part of the healing process will be acceptance that Stokes played a major role in taking a team in their infancy to the brink of a World Cup win. With 19 runs required off the final six deliveries, England all-rounder Ben Stokes steamed in to get his team over the line. Ben Stokes buries World T20 demons after leading England to maiden World Cup win. “I have wondered if it would have been different if I had gone four slower balls into the deck but they could have been hit for four sixes and then I would have thought why didn’t I go for four yorkers? THE cricket world is consoling shattered star Ben Stokes, whose devastation will be the lasting image of the World T20 final. Let’s be proud of that. Stokes had a running battle with Marlon Samuels, reviving their bitter rivalry from 12 months ago. This will be in my mind for quite a long time and I will reflect on it for a long time. despite the support of England fans and personal messages from the likes of Shane Warne. You almost want it to happen because if you nail it everyone forgets [the final].”. You tell them they will be back stronger for the experience. “I looked at the scoreboard and they needed 13 off five balls and then seven off four. “When we have a start like we did with the ball we have been guilty in the past of sometimes easing off the opposition when we have got them not many for three or four and taken our foot off the gas thinking we have already won. Joe Root scored 54 and Jos Buttler added 36 as they made 155-9 off their 20 overs. We played for our country in a World Cup final. What I told Brathwaite was: 'He's going to bowl a couple of full tosses as always.' “He said, ‘It is hurting at the moment. "We controlled the game right up to the 16th or 17th over," said Morgan. I couldn’t believe it. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Vic Marks at Eden Gardens "Overwhelmed by all the support of everyone after a disappointing last over. The debate among cricket followers since Sunday has been whether it was great hitting or poor bowling. So train 10 minutes longer every now and again to get better.”. He insisted England never became complacent, adding: "We put ourselves in a position to win, but it wasn't our day. England lost the final match by 5 wickets, with Stokes failing to take a wicket in the match. Stokes tweeted soon after the final thanking England fans for their support and he seems genuinely surprised not to have received more flak on social media. “For about 40 minutes at the end of the game I knew I just had to deal with it. "Stokes is a nervous lad you know. He says there were no chats with captain Morgan. He had pedigree. All the talking and planning took place before the over. It is not the first time and won’t be the last so not for one second was I walking to my run-up thinking ‘19, this is all over’. But we knew we could get them on the back foot if we took wickets, which is what we managed to do. Samuels was fined 30% of his match fee by the International Cricket Council for "using abusive and offensive language" towards the England man, with whom he had already. I had to come back out on the field, collect my medal and listen to all the speeches,” he said, speaking exclusively to The Daily Telegraph. Stokes bowled the last over with the Windies needing 19 to win, only for Carlos Brathwaite to smash four sixes off the first four balls. England - leading run-scorers at World T20, England - leading wicket-takers at World T20. EOIN MORGAN insisted his England side would not let Ben Stokes take all the blame for losing the World T20 Final after his final-over meltdown handed the title to West Indies. Writing in the Daily Telegraph,external-link former England captain Michael Vaughan said Stokes will be "hurting for a long time". He was going to win the final for England. I wished them all the best. “It was not until they needed one off three that I knew the game was gone. But you can’t take away from the fact he played a big part in winning a World Cup final for his team. “Setbacks make you want to be better again. "He will be spewing for a long while so you have to allow him time to hurt. He will lose sleep for days going over it in his mind, asking: 'Why didn't I do something different?' I know that I can run up and hit my yorkers nine out of 10 times so I am not going to look back and wish I had changed anything.”, Will he bowl the death over again? I couldn’t reflect on it at the time. “That is how I like to do it. In the two T20Is against South Africa, Stokes took figures of 1–19 in the first match and 0–32 in the second, as England lost both games. In a World Cup final the adrenalin is going. There was history between the two, with Samuels’ saluting the England all-rounder as he walked off after being dismissed in a 2015 Test series between the sides. Some days they go well. To everyone who has supported us, thank you very much you've been awesome. There weren’t any good things going through my mind. England were down, then they were up before their final crash. Ben Stokes enjoys redemption at Eden Gardens to banish 'bad memories' of England's World T20 final defeat. Obviously I was gutted but I did not want to show that. MORE STORIES; Ben Stokes will suffer for a long time after Carlos Brathwaite's World T20 final blitz tore England apart, says Vaughan. They gave me a hug and said ‘It’s all right mate’. Then we got down to the last over and that was the worst passage of cricket I played throughout the whole World Cup.”. On a Sky Sports Cricket Watchalong of the epic World T20 final, West Indies captain Daren Sammy revealed how a comment from Ben Stokes fired up Marlon Samuels to play a key innings and win the Player of the Match award.. “After the first six I thought ‘Oh God’ but I was backing myself. It is something I work at a lot. “People have been hit for 19-20 an over before. Official T20 World Cup website - live matches, scores, news, highlights, commentary, rankings, videos and fixtures from the International Cricket Council. This video content is no longer available, To watch The Telegraph's latest video content please visit, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Ben Stokes was left in state of shock after World T20 final, Ben Stokes is consoled after England lose World T20 finals, Stokes has been given much support since the final, Stokes felt like the whole world was against him, had smashed him for four sixes to snatch victory for the West Indies over England in the most spectacular and cruel way possible. Bowled a wide off-side yorker, slower-ball bouncer or sharp bouncer? “The support from everyone has been amazing. He is a brilliant lad. "So proud to have represented my country in a World Cup final. For Stokes the experience is still raw when we meet four days later in surroundings that could not be more different from Sunday night in Kolkata. Emotion sometimes get the better of me but that is adrenalin and wanting us to do well. "We're all in this together, we enjoy our wins and we suffer with our losses so the pain will be shared tonight.". After the final, sat in the press conference with his pads still on and feet on the table, Samuels revelled in Stokes’s misery and taunted him by saying it was unwise to wind him up. Carlos Brathwaite hits four consecutive sixes in the final over as West Indies beat England in an astonishing World Twenty20 final ... blitz off Ben Stokes. I remember getting the medal and thinking it’s just a runners-up medal. As Ben Stokes sank to the floor, he just knew. The ‘win predictor’ gizmo used by the broadcaster was confidently backing England. It took us to lose to get everyone to say how proud they are of us and what we achieved. I still thought if I get two balls away here and they only get two singles that leaves five off two and it is still on.”, But the third six was the killer. It was amazing hitting. You want the winner’s medal but then later we had two hours in the changing room and all the lads had medals around their neck and we were saying nobody can take this moment away from us. But they couldn’t really say anything to make me feel much better. Stokes later tweeted:external-link "Overwhelmed by all the support of everyone after a disappointing last over. Iconic West Indian skipper Darren Sammy has gone on to say that Ben Stokes' comment had unknowingly motivated Marlon Samuels during the ICC World T20 2016 final against England at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Samuels was fined 30% of his match fee by the International Cricket Council for "using abusive and offensive language" towards the England man, with whom he had already clashed during England's Test series against West Indies last year. He had a plan. Marlon Samuels, whose 85 not out from 66 balls laid the foundation for Brathwaite's winning runs, made a few digs at Stokes in a post-match news conference that saw the man of the match sit with his feet up on the table the entire time. So there was me, Rooty and Jase [Jason Roy] being a bit extra over the top to make sure we did not fall off. Have you EVER seen a better catch?Ben Stokes with a grab that has to be seen to be believed! "We have got a lot of guys who are fearless characters who don't actually spend a lot of time talking about it but just go out there and grab a game by the scruff of the neck. England claimed a last-ball victory over India in the final one day international It took me so long to get back on my feet. He played a brilliant innings and he did well. “If I am being honest the next two balls when I let them go I thought they were in but 90 metres later the umpire had both his hands in the air. I think if it had been the other way around we might not have appreciated it as much.”. I just did not execute what I wanted to do.”, Should he have mixed it up? Ben Stokes seemed just the man to bowl England’s last over to West Indies in the World T20 final but it will take him some time to come to terms with what happened next Stokes is no stranger to the big occasion having memorably played in a World T20 final, a Champions Trophy semi-final and numerous other high-profile international and IPL matches. There wasn’t really much more they could say at the time. Sometimes it goes over the line but that can happen when playing for your country. “It didn’t spin, it was a flat wicket and boundaries were not the biggest so we knew we were 30-40 runs short. Definitely. World T20 final loss was complete devastation - Ben Stokes by Andrew Wood Friday 8 April 2016 Ben Stokes (left) feeling dejected after the defeat against West Indies in the World T20 final. Stokes looked forlorn after Brathwaite's heroics, the England all-rounder crouching on the ground with his head in his hands as the rest of the West Indies team stormed onto the pitch to celebrate an unlikely victory. It is about respect to the opposition. Ben Stokes failed to defend 19 runs in the final over of the World T20 in April. Congrats to the West Indies on winning a great final.". I like to be aggressive. “A hundred per cent. But, the right-handed Brathwaite had other ideas as he smashed four massive consecutive sixes to take the West Indies over the line with two balls remaining.. Some days they don’t. He pulls out his phone to read it. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/ben-stokes-england-cricket-2021-23289326 The hunt for a second T20 trophy after 2010’s success has taken a different route. I didn’t know what to do. But, speaking publicly for the first time since Sunday, Stokes reveals the feelings of disappointment are really only just beginning to kick in and admits it will take him a long time to move on despite the support of England fans and personal messages from the likes of Shane Warne. It was like the whole world had come down on me. When they needed seven I was still backing myself to get us over the line but I just couldn’t. It is strange. I hope in the future we have a lot more success.". That is when I realised how much we have made England proud. "I'm so proud of everybody in the squad. They have shown immense character throughout the tournament.". BEN STOKES has spoken about how he reacted after his over led to England's defeat in the World T20 final against the West Indies. I was just thinking about me, what I wanted to do. It worked in our favour and Brathwaite played a brilliant knock there.". I haven’t watched it back yet because I don’t want to bring myself to do that at this stage so I don’t know how much I missed it by but as a bowler you have a feeling as soon as you let go whether or not you have got a yorker right and it felt like I had. clashed during England's Test series against West Indies last year. Morgan said: "I truly believe this is only the start of something special and we have a huge amount of talent to work with. “It is probably only now really that all the emotions have started to come out about it. The Windies snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to win their record second T20 World Cup. It'll take its toll in the next couple of days, but we share everything we do, we stick together as a side. England had the World Twenty20 crown in their grasp. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. A thrilling game of cricket that ebbed and flowed like a Test match but crammed into three hours of high intensity sporting theatre. The first ball from Stokes was too full and got what it deserved. They then had the West Indies in trouble, reducing them to 11-3 before Samuels hit form, finishing unbeaten on 85, while Brathwaite, who took 3-23 when England batted, ended 34 not out. I reckon I get more abuse when I do well than I did on that night. By James Gray PUBLISHED: 09:34, Thu, Apr 21, 2016 After the over I was devastated and you could see that from the pictures. "Cricket can be a cruel game," added Morgan. Maybe it was from confidence of doing it plenty of times before. Stokes had bowled the final over of the New Zealand innings in the semi-final and conceded only one run (there were also two leg byes) and took two wickets. That was a bad day but I won’t be shying away from it. I had a little word with Marlon when I was at mid-off saying ‘14 for three, I can’t imagine why you are swaggering like you are’. You have to hand credit for that. Then, after four thunderous blows from Carlos Brathwaite’s bat, suddenly they did not. It's just unfortunate the way it finished.". It was just complete devastation.”. Ben Stokes in sheer disbelief after being hit for four sixes in a row in the ICC T20 World Cup final Getty Images. That was how I felt before the over. “I knew the cameras would be all over me to see how I was. The madness of India and a global International Cricket Council tournament has been left far behind. “I thought, ‘I’ve just lost the World Cup’. Stokes had bowled the final over of the New Zealand innings in the semi-final and conceded only one run (there were also two leg byes) and took two wickets. I wanted to make sure I spoke to them and say well done because I did not want people to think I was bitter. Jai Bednall jaibednall news.com.au April 4, 2016 2:45pm Basically he was just reassuring me that everything is all right and just stick to what I have been doing. "He is going to be devastated. The field was set for the yorker. Ben Stokes sums up how he felt at the end of the World Twenty20 final after Carlos Brathwaite had smashed him for four sixes to snatch victory for the West Indies over England in the most spectacular and cruel way possible in front of 50,000 fans at Eden Gardens and a global television audience of millions. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. But Stokes is not the sort of lad to take that kind of stuff. "Well, he does not learn. Eoin Morgan says Ben Stokes is not to blame for England's loss to West Indies in the World Twenty20 final. I keep telling him whenever we play against each other: 'Do not speak to me because I'm going to perform'. “The team and management are very quick to be very supportive of you in those situations. It is the nature of the game. England had given themselves a great chance of victory after slipping to 23-3 in the fifth over after being put in to bat. Asked about the resurgence of the limited-overs side, only a year after losing to Bangladesh and failing to progress beyond the group stages of the. He is also chuffed to have had so many messages from fellow cricketers, particularly the one from Warne. What about the West Indies? England all-rounder Ben Stokes buried his World Cup demons with a man-of-the-match performance in the final … Asked about the resurgence of the limited-overs side, only a year after losing to Bangladesh and failing to progress beyond the group stages of the 50-over World Cup, Morgan said: "I truly believe this is only the start of something special and we have a huge amount of talent to work with. former England captain Michael Vaughan said Stokes will be "hurting for a long time". 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