World Cup heroics and jaw-dropping belligerence – Ben Stokes’ best ODI moments

England Test captain Ben Stokes has taken the shock decision to retire from one-day internationals and will bow out with a final match at his home ground of Chester-le-Street on Tuesday.

Stokes has enjoyed several outstanding moments in the 50-over format and the undoubted peak came with a star turn in the 2019 World Cup final, leading England to an improbable win over New Zealand at Lord’s.

Here, the PA news agency looks at Stokes’ five best performances in an ODI shirt.

Tied scores, super over, boundary countback. None of it would have happened without a tour de force innings for the ages from Stokes as he rescued England from more World Cup final heartache. As wickets tumbled around him, Stokes hustled and battled his way to 84 not out to keep his side afloat before defying fatigue to return for the one-over shootout as England won by “the barest of all margins”.

“No way! No, no way! You cannot do that, Ben Stokes.” Nasser Hussain captured the mood of every onlooker after Stokes’ remarkable leap and one-handed grab to dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo in England’s World Cup opening 104-run win. He top-scored with 89 and took two for 12 as his golden summer started with a bang but that catch at the Kia Oval was one of the highlight reel moments of the tournament.

Stokes’ defiance was one of the few positives from the 2013-14 Ashes. Weeks after a breakout century in Perth – England’s only ton during the Test series – he returned to the WACA to put Australia to the sword again. He followed up his 70 with the key wickets of Australia captain George Bailey, big-hitting Glenn Maxwell and dangerous lower-order pair James Faulkner and Mitchell Johnson in a 57-run win.

England had already guaranteed progression to the Champions