ben stokes
the early days of ben stokes Stokes is the son of rugby league player and coach Gerad Stokes , and has English and Maori ancestry.\ He moved to England at the age of 12 after his father was appointed head coach of a rugby club, and grew up in the small West Cumbrian town of Corker mouth , he attended school and played cricket for Cockermouth Cricket Club . He won the North Lancashire & Cambria Cricket League Premier Division Title with the club as a 15-year-old in 2006. domestic carrier 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 team . He made his first-class debut for Durha