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
Gerard Stokes In late 2008 he travelled to Serbia and helped the national side prepare for the RLEF Euro Med Challenge. This move quickly proved beneficial to his club side as Whitehaven signed young Serbian national Soni Radovanovic in January 2009. Stokes was sacked in August 2010 after winning only 1 game in 14, with a disastrous record 13 game losing streak that ultimately led to Whitehaven's relegation from the Championship. 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