Ben Stokes Division Title with the club as a 15-year-old in 2006. his parents have moved back to New Zealand and again reside in Christchurch. Stokes made his one-day debut for Durham in 2009 at The Oval and managed to take the wicket of the highly experienced batsman Mark Ramprakash with only his third delivery in professional cricket. He played in two youth tests against Bangladesh U19 during 2009, in which he made a half-century and took a few wickets. He then went on to play in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, during which he scored a century against the India U19.
Pappy Stokes only years that Stokes was absent during that span were 1943–46, when he served in the US military. Willie Stokes was the youngest caddie to ever be "on the bag" for a win at the Masters—age 17 during the 1938 tournament with Henry Picard. Stokes went on to win four more times in 1948 with Claude Harmon, 1951 and 1953 with Ben Hogan, and 1956 with Jack Burke, Jr., for a record number of five wins with four different champions which still stands at the Augusta National Jack Burke, Jr. said he was never comfortable taking advice from a caddie