Christchurch: Dashing England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who is currently spending time with family in the country of his birth New Zealand, returned to the training ahead of Indian Premier League 2020 season and posted a video of himself bowling at the nets. Sharing the video, England's 2019 World Cup winning hero Stokes got nostalgic as Christchurch was the place where he learnt the basics of cricket.
In the video, Stokes can be seen bowling an accurate delivery that crashed onto the stumps after the batsman missed the line. "Been great being in Christchurch we're it all began for me. thanks to @sydenhamcricket for letting me use their facilities to bowl in..unlucky today @nick.smithson.7," Stokes wrote on Instagram.
Stokes had to leave the England camp in the middle of the Pakistan Test series in August, and he flew back to New Zealand where his father Ged Stokes was diagnosed with brain cancer.
After arriving in New Zealand, the 29-year-old all-rounder had to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine before he could meet his father.