Star <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/photo/indias-title-celebrations-against-england-in-pics-93696" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">England</a> all-rounder and 2019 Word Cup final hero <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/england-all-rounder-ben-stokes-announces-retirement-from-odi-cricket-23236567" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ben Stokes</a> on Monday made a surprise announcement to retire from ODI cricket, saying playing three formats has become &ldquo;unsustainable&rdquo; for him.
Stokes, 31, will play his last ODI against <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/south-africa-withdraw-from-january-series-against-australia-23235730" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">South Africa</a> at his home ground in Durham on Tuesday.
Stokes&rsquo; ODI career will forever be remembered for his Player-of-the-Match performance in the 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand. His unbeaten 84 helped to send the match into a Super Over as England claimed their first 50-over World Cup title.
Stokes, who is England&rsquo;s Test captain, has scored 2919 runs in 104 ODIs and taken 74 wickets. &ldquo;I will play my last game for England in ODI cricket on Tuesday in Durham. I have decided to retire from this format,&rdquo; he said in an England and Wales Cricket Board statement.
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&ldquo;This has been an incredibly tough decision to make. I have loved every minute of playing with my mates for England. We have had an incredible journey on the way.
&ldquo;As hard as a decision as this was to come to, it&rsquo;s not as hard dealing with the fact I can&rsquo;t give my teammates 100 per cent of myself in this format anymore. The England shirt deserves nothing less from anyone who wears it,&rdquo; he added.
Stokes said he was no longer able to give 100 per cent. &ldquo;Three formats are just unsustainable for me now. Not only do I feel that my body is letting me down because of the schedule and what is expected of us, but I also feel that I am taking the place of another player who can give Jos [Buttler] and the rest of the team their all,&rdquo; he said.
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Stokes, 31, will play his last ODI against South Africa at his home ground in Durham on Tuesday

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