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.
And with no surprises, Stokes was rewarded with the Sports Personality of the 🎀Year 2019 award at the P&amꦚp;J Live arena in Aberdeen on Sunday night.
This was much more spꦺecial in a cricketing perspectiv𝕴e as Stokes became the first cricketer to win the main Sports Personality of the Year award since Andrew Flintoff in 2005.
The winner of BBC Sports🔥 Perso🍒nality 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.
The BBC Spo✅rts Personality Team of the Year 2019 is…
🌟 England’s Cricket World Cup squad 🌟
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport)
T𒆙he winner of the Greatest Sporting Moment at the BBC Sports Personality o꧋f the Year 2019 is…
🌟 Jos Buttle🌞r bre🌺aking the stumps to seal World Cup victory for England 🌟
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport)
Stokes is only the fifth cricketer in the history of English cricket to achieve this rare feat. Before him, 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 winner 🙌
— 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 ꦛto be apart of this team!— Jonny Bairstow (@jbairstow21)
Awesome to see the boys winning🅺 team of the year!! Well deserved!! 🔥
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20)
This guy is inꦚcredible! Nothing more than he deserves! Congrats ! 🌠🏆
— Chris Woakes (@chriswoakes)
Yes you beauty . Congrats buddy.
— Samit Patel 🏏 (@Samitpatel21)
Massive congratulations on an ꦯamazing achievement that is thoroughly deserved. Also huge congrats to for his amazing role in it all as well.꧋
— Rikki Clarke (@RikkiClarke81)
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😍🙌🏻🍾🍾
— 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)
