From the crucial innings in the evening of the World Cup Finals to one of the most excellent modern-day Test innings against Australia at Headingley, England’s Ben Stokes had done something which a cricketer can only wish to do.
An꧂d with no surprises, Stokes was rewarded with the Sports Personality of the Year 2019 award at the P&J Live arena in Aberdeen on Sunday night.
This was much more special in aಞ cricketing perspective as Stokes became the first cricketer to win the main Sports Personality of the Year award since Andre🅠w Flintoff in 2005.
The winner of BBC Sports 🐼Personality of the Year 2019 is…
🌟 BEN STOKES 🌟
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport)
It turned out to be a night to remember for English cricket fans as two other significant awards went to cherish England’s cricket.
The World-Cup winning squad was crowned Team of the Year, and Jos Buttler’s run out of Martin Guptill in the final at Lords was voted the Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year.
𓂃The BBC Sports Personali🍌ty Team of the Year 2019 is…
🌟 England’s Cricket World Cup squad 🌟
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport)
The winner of the Greatest Sporting Moment at ꦫthe BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019 is…
🌟 Jos Buttler breaking the ♈stumps to seal ✅World Cup victory for England 🌟
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport)
Stokes is only the fifth cricketꦰer in the history of English cricket to achieve this rare feat. Before hi🦩m, Flintoff, Sir Ian Botham, David Steele, and Jim Laker have grabbed this award.
When the southpaw received the award, he said, “There are so many people to thank when you win something like this. It is an individual award, but I play in a team sport, and the best thing about that is you get to spend special moments with teammates, backroom staff, and management.”
So many people for Ben Stokes to thank.
Your 2019 Sports Personality of the Year winn🍒er 🙌
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport)
“I’m up here receiving this award, but I’m not just up here by myself. Without the efforts that you (the team) put in this summer, I wouldn’t be up here. Thank you so much,” added Stokes.
Here’s how current and former cricketers congratulated Ben Stokes:
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— Jofra Archer (@JofraArcher)
BOOM. What a player, what a bloke! Deserves absolutely 💞everything 👏🏼🙌🏼
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
Team Of The Year!!
Couldn’t be prouder of this bunch of lads! It was a honour to be apart o♕f this team!— Jonny Bairstow (@jbairstow21)
Awesome to see the boys winni⛎ng team of the year!! Well deserved!! 🔥
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20)
This guy is incredible! Nothing more than ♉he deserves! Congrats ! 🏆
— Chris Woakes (@chriswoakes)
Yes you beauty . Congrats buddy.
— Samit Patel 🏏 (@Samitpatel21)
Massive congratulat♉ions on an amazing achievement that is thoroughly deserved. Aꩵlso huge congrats to for his amazing role in it all as well.
— Rikki Clarke (@RikkiClarke81)
BIG Congrats I’l🔯l tell u a story Sir Gary Sobers said his biggest achievemen🌠t was beating for that in 1966 .
— Tino95 (@tinobest)
😍🙌🏻🍾🍾
— Ollie Pope (@OPope32)
Well done ! 👏👏🍾🍾
— Michael Lumb (@Lumby45)
Congrats 👏🏼
— Heather Knight (@Heatherknight55)
Well deserved legend!
— Joe Root (@root66)
That was one special night
— Jason Roy (@JasonRoy20)
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Congratulations very well deserved mate.
— Tim Bresnan (@timbresnan)