Ben Stokes becoming injured at the start of the 2010 season meant that Stokes continued playing in all forms of the game for Durham. Having had a very successful debut season in first-class cricket he was given a place in the England Performance Programme and travelled to Australia during the 2010–11 Ashes. On 2 January 2015, Stokes joined the Melbourne Renegades of Australia's Big Bash League for the remainder of the season as a replacement for Jesse Ryder, who was ruled out through injury. On 13 February 2017, Stokes was appointed vice-captain of England's test team, deputising under Joe Root, who was
W. Stokes Boney House and grape arbor (1890). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1999. W. Stokes Boney House W. Stokes Boney House is a historic house located at 651 East Southerland Street in Wallace, Duplin County, North Carolina. It is locally significant as a highly unusual two-story frame house notable for the eighteen-degree inward bend of the prominent side gabled main block. It was built between 1878 and 1890 by mill owner and farmer W. Stokes Boney, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style wood-frame dwelling with a side gable roof and 18 degree inward bend.