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.
Gerard Stokes Gerard Stokes Gerard James Stokes (born 1955) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s to the 2010s, who represented New Zealand. He is a former coach of the Serbian national side, and father of England international cricketer Ben Stokes. Stokes began playing rugby league early in life. In high school, he would sneak out of his boarding school in New Zealand every Saturday morning to play rugby league for Canterbury. He was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 1971 before later representing New Zealand in one test match and playing for