Stokes wins Wisden cricketer of the year award twice

Ben Stokes won the Wisden cricketer of the year and is now the first England player to win the prestigious award twice. The 29-year-old England player won the award for the second year in a row for most test runs scored than any batsmen in 2020. The all-rounder scored a total of 641 runs from 7 matches and clinched 19 wickets as well hence the star averaged a total of 58.27 in Tests, while he scored a century against South Africa with 120 runs knock and West Indies as well with 176 runs while his wickets came at an average of 18.73 runs.

The England player was recently ruled out of play due to a broken finger and had to fly back home and end his season at the Indian Premier League before it could even start. Now England batsmen Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley, with Mohammad Rizwan and Jason Holder would be competing with Stevens for the 2021 award.