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If I was making the movie
of the Ben Stokes story,

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a pivotal scene would be,
you saying, "I'm done."

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Stokes has withdrawn
from England's test squad

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-to prioritize his mental well-being.
-The all-rounder

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would take an indefinite break
from the game with immediate effect.

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I just want my friends to be okay.

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I could have seen him never play again.

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Having tattoos that really mean
something to you,

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it's almost like a reminder to myself,

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if ever I'm doubting myself.

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He is the most talked about cricketer
in world cricket at the moment.

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Cricketer Ben Stokes
has been charged with affray.

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He's gotta get used to the fact that

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there's gonna be people
who'll want a piece of him.

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The saying of the Phoenix rising out
of the ashes was perfect for me.

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It represents a lot of stuff

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I've had to personally rise
out of the ashes from.

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Today, he hit out at The Sun newspaper
for publishing a story

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he described as despicable.

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Yeah, there's no escape,
there's nowhere to go.

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There's a man back, there's a man back!
It's six!

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It's six!

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The thrill you get out of doing something
so physical that it hurts.

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Ben Stokes dominated a sensational
summer of English cricket.

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That experience would have broken
lesser mortals.

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As good a ball as you will ever see.

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Ben Stokes, what a remarkable
player you are!

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I have gone through my career
fearing failure.

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No way. You cannot do that, Ben Stokes!

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That is one of the greatest catches
of all time.

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Rather than fearing failure,

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embrace it.

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Cricket is my obsession.

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I'm a fanatic of the sport.

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Tension, drama.

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For me, it always captivates.

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Lord's is one of the great theatres,

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and backstage the walls are adorned
with the stars of the game.

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They're all players
that had their day in the sun.

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Ben Stokes had a whole summer.

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What is going on, Ruben?

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His life has intrigued me
more than any other cricketer.

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He's experienced dizzying heights...

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Bowled him. Make that six for 22!

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...and inspired a nation.

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I do not believe what I've just seen!

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But he has also endured
some crushing lows.

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Stokes is accused of losing control.

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The 27-year-old is on trial.

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Back off guys, come on.

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I met him in perhaps his darkest hour.

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This is a film about loss
in the time of lockdown.

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It's about trauma and grief.

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But also, strength, courage, and defiance.

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Yes!

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Quite simply, his life is a story
you could not script.

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Cricket isn't just played
in unbelievable stadiums

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with unbelievable grandstands
and facilities.

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Go, go, boy!

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It's not all about that.

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But everyone who plays it,
loves it and enjoys it.

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In sports teams, you are a family
away from your family

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because you spend so much time together.

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Marry at first sight? Bloody hell!

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Tell you what, I actually enjoy watching
Don't Tell the Bride. You watch it?

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Yeah, yeah. Where they want to spend
six grand on the stag,

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200 quid on the dress.

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And we get to go to lovely countries.

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We do a job that we love,

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and that we've grown up playing
since we were kids.

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Going through hardships with team-mates,
celebrating it at the end,

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because everyone's played their part.

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That's better than any individual thing.

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It does not exactly make everything
that we do incredible.

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No, no, no, no!

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No, no, no.
Fucking flat-track bully, are we?

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No, no!

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Flat-track bully boy.

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It doesn't work like that.

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England's star all-rounder, Ben Stokes,
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he's taking an indefinite period of leave
from cricket

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to prioritize his mental well-being.

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This is the latest stunning development
in Stokes' career,

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one full of emotional ups and downs.

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England bosses say they will give Stokes
as long as he needs to recover.

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Do you need a coffee?

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-I think I've got one coming.
-Have you?

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Yeah.

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Good?

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The last couple of weeks
have been complicated for you.

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Was there a particular moment
that you thought,

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"I need to take a step back?"

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Quite a lot of things
have happened with me,

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with how the world is at the moment,

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and it just sort of got to a point

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where probably everything just got
a bit too much.

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What was the lowest ebb
and how did it manifest itself?

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Sort of think how long has it been
happening for.

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But when you're sat on your toilet
in your hotel room,

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and you're having a massive panic attack
with your manager on the end of the phone

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with his wife, and then eventually
your wife trying to talk you through it,

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and get you sort of coming out of that.

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Just... Yeah, I think
that's probably when you know

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when, you know, things aren't quite right.

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Ben rang me one morning,
just after 6:00 a.m.

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The other end of the phone
was just a very, very, emotional Ben.

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He was in tears,
he couldn't get his words out,

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he was struggling for breath.

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And it was clear that he was, to me,
having a panic attack of some description.

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And he was in a poor way.

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Have you had similar thoughts in the past?

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Have there been moments
when you've contemplated the same thing?

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Not to this extent, no. Nowhere near.

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This is, yeah, something else.

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I tried to sit down
and work out when it first started.

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It's not only the sport
that's been mentally fatiguing.

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It's been everything else that's built up
over a long period of time,

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showing its teeth now.

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There are all those things
when you go somewhere

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or you drive past something,

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it jogs your memory on something,
when I was a kid.

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I was only 12, and been
in Wellington for two years

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after being in Christchurch.

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Moving over to Cockermouth
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was a scary thing to think about.

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I think a big part of them was making sure
that I transitioned here

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as easy as possible.

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And sport, cricket in particular,
was a big part of that.

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The son of a New Zealand
rugby league player,

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Ben learned his cricket
as a junior at Cockermouth,

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while his father was coaching first
Workington town and later Whitehaven.

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This photo here was taken

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the day before Ben and I were to fly out
to England to join Gerard.

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And as you can probably tell
from the look on Ben's face...

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...he wasn't particularly happy.

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One of the biggest attractions
was the cricket club.

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Gerard and I would go to work,
and Ben would go down to the nets,

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and he'd be there still at 4:00, 5:00.

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This is where we used to roam around, man.

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Hey, man, how you doing? You all right?

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All right, you? How you doing, mate?

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That's the thing, aye. I know where I am.

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Driving in here today and I was going,
"This is where I used to do this

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"when we were younger,
we used to hang out there."

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I do that in New Zealand as well,
when I go back there.

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It's the same feeling.

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And then obviously Durham now
is where home is.

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It's nice to think that I've got
a relationship with three different places

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in completely different parts
of the world.

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This is where I grew up
in Cockermouth, here.

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There's a bottom flat,

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and then we were on top,
so we had a living room, kitchen,

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and upstairs was a bedroom.

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And yeah, it's literally
a five-minute walk to the cricket club.

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So, it was very useful.

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At the moment,
the likes of Freddie Flintoff

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and Kevin Peterson are the star names
in English cricket.

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But these two teenagers
are hoping to follow their leads.

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Both have been called up
to the England Under-15 squad.

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I had a Cockermouth presentation to go to.

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Got told there that Joe had been selected.

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Then at the very end of the presentation,
I got told that I got selected as well,

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and went up in front of everyone
just clapping. It was fantastic, really.

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Great shot.

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First time we met, we were 12,
playing against each other.

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So, this annoying loud kid
who's abusing me

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for 50 overs of an Under-12's game
for Cumbria versus Yorkshire.

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But you could see,
he was a talent at the time.

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You could see how desperate he was to win.

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So, when we were growing up here,
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there's not that much to do as teenagers.

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Hunters Alleyway. Yeah.

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A few fights down there growing up.

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It sounds like... No, it was boring,
but actually, I swear to God,

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it was class-like.

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All right, Darrell lad? All right?

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I had a fight with him growing up.

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Darrell. Brian Darrell. What a lad!

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It's too funny, that.

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About a three or four year period,
when I was going through the teens,

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things could have taken a different turn.

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Stokesy, stop it!

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Farmer will be a bit pissed off
when he loses his cows.

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Stokes has got a good relationship
with the animals.

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He's got the fucking IQ of one.

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Little shit!

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Once I did have my ambition
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everything else took a back seat
to what I wanted to do.

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Next is Ben Stokes.

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Unacceptable miss. Ben Stokes.

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Unacceptable miss.

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I did the summer in the Durham Academy,

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and then the winter spent back in Cumbria
with Mom and Dad in Cockermouth.

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Ben Stokes.

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Unacceptable miss.

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Dad was a big influence
on decisions and training.

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Ben Stokes.

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To get me into the gym
when I didn't want to,

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to get me out of bed
when I didn't want to.

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Acceptable miss.

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Over those years, I would turn up
at the start of the season fit,

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because he managed to keep me
on top of all the other side of things

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that you don't want
to be doing at that age.

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Direct hit.

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First time I came across Ben
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West of England versus North of England
playing against him.

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He was a big guy for his age.

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Quite imposing, even at a young age.
He was probably sort of 14, 15 years old.

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Hit the ball hard.

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"Tough northerner."
That was the sort of impression you got.

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He gets a single and a four.
He gets two runs.

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He gets a six.
He gets a single and a four.

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-How many runs does he get?
-Eighteen!

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Okay, good.

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Three, two, one, go!

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This is the game that I play,
this is my job.

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Whoever I'm representing
is gonna get everything from me,

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regardless if it's England
or if it's Durham.

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Paul, did you hear me?
Rest it on the metal gate

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and then pour it into the bottles,
it's easy.

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If it's Cockermouth
and I'm 40 and retired,

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I'd still be exactly the same.

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You want to be seen to be that person.

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Guys, just walk down the hill.
Just walk down the hill.

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Are you okay? Keep going.

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Come on, Paul!

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You want to be known as that person
who'd go above and beyond

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to do something on the field that
some other people might not.

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At Durham early on in his career,
he got the nickname "The Beast."

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Very much related to his pain.

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He just seems to just soldier on
when you think it's tough.

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I've seen him bowl 20 overs off the belt
when his back's sore, his knee's sore,

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and he just keeps going on and on.

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You could always tell he was gonna be
something pretty special.

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You must be really pleased to get a 50

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in your first class debut for Durham.

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Yeah, it's a good start to create that.
Hopefully, it's gonna be a long one.

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Those teen years, they just flew by.

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And then, came home without our boy.

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But time for him to make his way,
by that stage.

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It's difficult while you're playing
to feel what's really happening.

244
00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:50,320
When you talk about your panic attack,
what were you panicking about?

245
00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,560
Recently since I've stopped, you know,
my anxiety has just gone through the roof.

246
00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,760
And I had one in the dry cleaners,
of all places,

247
00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,200
when a woman asked me
to sign a cricket ball for her,

248
00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:02,960
and I just wanted to get out.

249
00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,520
You can feel your heart,
you start sweating.

250
00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,040
And then I had one picking up my son
from a birthday party,

251
00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,080
because there were loads of people there.

252
00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,320
I know that they know.

253
00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,120
You know that they know what?

254
00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,520
How I feel, just about everything
in life at the moment.

255
00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,680
Such a hard thing for a man
to come out and say,

256
00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,840
and you don't feel like you can,
because you're gonna get judged.

257
00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,320
Hello, Griff. Just letting you know
that I'm in at the ground now.

258
00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,400
Okay, mate. I'm about five minutes away.

259
00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,720
I'll just see you
in the physio room then, eh?

260
00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,760
Here we go. Right there.
That's what I broke.

261
00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,440
You'll see me
in quite a lot of pain later.

262
00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,080
This treatment fucking hurts.

263
00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,080
-How have you been?
-Yeah, good, man.

264
00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,160
Happy?

265
00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,360
I can do that at the end of the treatment,

266
00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:04,440
-right?
-Okay.

267
00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,000
And then now... If you know what I mean.

268
00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,160
That's obviously a lot more
than what it was last week,

269
00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:10,840
but I'm just, like, come on, man.

270
00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,040
So, do you have big plans for the weekend?
Big birthday?

271
00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:18,720
Big three-O mate, Saturday.

272
00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,480
-Festival themed party, man.
-Nice.

273
00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,360
Actually, when people ask how old you are,
and you say 30,

274
00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,440
it's almost like they respect you
a bit more, now.

275
00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,200
You say, like, "29," and they're like...

276
00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,000
You've grown up now. You're 30.

277
00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,600
"Thirty now, are you?"

278
00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,280
Can you pull your tip back?

279
00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,120
Bring all the others in,
make a fist, go on.

280
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,320
Shit.

281
00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:51,400
Sometimes if he's home,
especially if there's an injury,

282
00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,960
he's so grumpy.

283
00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,800
It's not that he doesn't want to be here,
but he would rather be playing cricket.

284
00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,000
Face that way. Prepare for it. Ready?

285
00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,240
Point those toes.

286
00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:07,560
Beautiful.

287
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,200
Sometimes that's really hard.

288
00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:17,280
But you've done loads with the kids,
and really helped me out and stuff.

289
00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,720
And you're home for your birthday,
which is so nice.

290
00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,560
I almost got him. One last shot.

291
00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,640
When you got home this time,
Layton just held you.

292
00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,560
He's always really struggled
with you leaving.

293
00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,720
-I've had to drag him out of airports...
-Yeah.

294
00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,120
...like, crying and begging
for him not to go.

295
00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,440
So, most things are coming on Friday.

296
00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:52,040
We've got bunting, flags,
so that the whole garden's

297
00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:54,560
like a Ben Fest festival.

298
00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,160
Hopefully he likes it. He better do!

299
00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,080
-Hello, Ben.
-Hello, darling. Happy birthday.

300
00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,160
How you doing, man?

301
00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,160
Yeah, thanks, man. Yeah, you too, you too

302
00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,200
Am I all right? Have I passed?

303
00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,000
Cheers. Well done, baby. Amazing.

304
00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,760
Cheers to Ben.

305
00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,200
What we did was...

306
00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,480
Can you just do a point
or something like that?

307
00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,520
Just point.

308
00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,000
There you go.

309
00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,160
It does have a different feel to it,
saying I'm 30.

310
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:41,760
Just goes by so quick.

311
00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,120
Look at this. You getting shy?

312
00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,640
It's just absolutely flown by.

313
00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,880
I've never seen so many guys get hit down.

314
00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,720
No way!

315
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:03,960
I've never seen anyone this bad.

316
00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,040
We've been together now nearly 11 years.

317
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,560
We've never had a year,
with nothing exciting

318
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,240
or dramatic happening, I don't think.

319
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,680
Ups and downs constantly.

320
00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,480
Never smooth.

321
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,680
So, that obviously changes you, you know?

322
00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,720
I know now that the cricket's back on,

323
00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,200
you'll start getting
a bit more like itchy feet.

324
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,400
Wanting to get out there,
wanting to get back.

325
00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,120
Shall I let the dogs in, Clare?

326
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,520
Come here. Come on.
What's this? What's that?

327
00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:00,800
What's that noise?

328
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,080
What's that? What's that? What's that?
What's that? What's that?

329
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:10,760
He's an England cricketer,
number 55 on his T- shirt as Stokes.

330
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,400
What do your friends say at school,
they say things, don't they sometimes?

331
00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,480
They say he's the best cricketer alive.

332
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,720
Yeah, that's what my friends say.

333
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,200
He is.

334
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,640
-Where has that gone?
-The arms are out.

335
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,400
He knows it's a six.

336
00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:34,600
Look at the crowd!

337
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,160
What a catch!

338
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,960
Looks like the world
couldn't find a place within it

339
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,000
for the combative all-rounder.

340
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,960
All this time... Fabulous effort.

341
00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,080
Yes!

342
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,480
Ben Stokes' fastest century at Lord's!

343
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:59,880
Ben Stokes has the rare ability
to singlehandedly change games.

344
00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,240
Make that six for 22!

345
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,480
His talents for a few weeks' work
in the IPL have been valued

346
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,160
at £1.75 million.

347
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,440
It won't change him as a person
it won't change the way he plays.

348
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,000
Gone again! This one's bigger.
What a hundred!

349
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,680
Ben Stokes! That is one to savor!

350
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,680
That's all he's done all his life,

351
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,800
is get ready to play cricket
at this level.

352
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,040
250 up for Ben Stokes.

353
00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,000
He is box office, this lad!

354
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:55,720
He is the world's top cricketer,
Ben Stokes!

355
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,040
England all-rounder
was one of the standout success stories

356
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,640
of the Ashes win that has
revitalised interest in the sport.

357
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,240
The crowning moment of his career so far.

358
00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:10,480
Yes!

359
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,960
Ben again dragged on.

360
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,760
They have won back the Ashes.

361
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,840
Stokes' performance at the second inning
was just unbelievable.

362
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,200
Stokes in the right place!

363
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,600
England in the lead!

364
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:55,040
West Indian fans are stunned
and a total contrast on England's side.

365
00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,800
Ben Stokes coming into bowl
that last over, with 19 required.

366
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,360
But it would have been advantage England.

367
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,880
Just a couple of good deliveries
and we would have a T20 World Cup title.

368
00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:12,240
Ben Stokes has got 18 runs to play with.

369
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,720
He was still a young player at that stage,

370
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,640
trying to make his way
to international cricket.

371
00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:19,280
It's a tough pressure situation.

372
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,760
What a dramatic game.

373
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:27,360
He has the confidence in his own ability
that he can help his team win.

374
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,800
Ben Stokes, with his final over.

375
00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:36,320
He hit it to the leg side.

376
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,160
West Indies, that helps.

377
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,280
13 from five.

378
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,160
I turned to my colleague and said,

379
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,520
"Don't worry,
he's not gonna do that again."

380
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:55,440
Big shot. Huge shot!
Where's it gone? Into the stands!

381
00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,720
Seven from four.

382
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,120
Stokes to come again.

383
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,440
It's high in the air again!

384
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,840
It's three sixes!

385
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,880
West Indian fans are stunned.

386
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,400
There was just a look.

387
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,240
In the space of three balls,
the game was over!

388
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,960
Carlos Brathwaite! Carlos Brathwaite.

389
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,640
Remember the name!

390
00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:35,800
The blood was draining from Ben's face.

391
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,480
That experience would've broken
lesser mortals.

392
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,400
I remember just reaching out.

393
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,080
So, I messaged him. I said,

394
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,360
"Sometimes when it doesn't come off
the way you want it,

395
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,160
"it makes you even more hungry.

396
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,920
"Makes you even more determined
to never feel like that again.

397
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,480
"And that drives you."

398
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:10,920
How is Ben Stokes?

399
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,200
It's not his fault.
We're all in this together.

400
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,920
We enjoy our wins and we suffer
with all our losses.

401
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,080
So again, the pain will be shared tonight.

402
00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:31,320
I'm a massive believer that
setbacks are your biggest teacher.

403
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,960
You don't learn
if you don't have failures.

404
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,840
I worked with Ben for the Rajasthan Royals
when I was team mentor.

405
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:07,000
He's the hardest trainer
out of anyone I've ever played with.

406
00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,720
Everything is flat out.

407
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,360
He steams in.

408
00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:22,400
Not many people can push themselves
to the extreme.

409
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,560
Some people can take themselves
to some dark places.

410
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,640
How hard he trains is always
a bit scary for people to watch

411
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,840
because, "Okay, is he gonna hurt himself?
What's going to happen?"

412
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,680
If he's in his beast mode,

413
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:52,680
I say the phrase to him,

414
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,840
"I know you need to hurt yourself."

415
00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:02,560
Maybe some people are just born with it.

416
00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:19,880
The hardest thing is knowing
when to hold him back.

417
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,400
Because you know what he can do.

418
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,840
The rawness of his skill level.

419
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,080
And you know he's desperate
to make an impact.

420
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,600
Over his career, he's gotten better
at controlling that aggression.

421
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,560
That's the intimidating thing
when you play against him.

422
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,960
I know when I face him in the nets,

423
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,000
it felt like I was dominating him
in a practice match,

424
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,360
ahead of one of the games, and then,
out of nowhere he just hit me in the head.

425
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,320
It's just everything clicked in.

426
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,320
And before you know it, you think,
"That's come from nowhere."

427
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,000
When it gets hard, you don't have to
turn to him, he comes to you.

428
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,400
I think that's probably the hardest thing
for him to manage as well, sometimes.

429
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,280
Him knowing himself. What's too much?

430
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,240
You do not mention something
when questioned, something

431
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,320
-that you later rely on in court.
-Yep. That's absolutely fine.

432
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,080
Anything you do say will be given
in evidence. Sit in the car a sec.

433
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:53,200
Yes, we've got a male,
potentially unconscious on the floor,

434
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,440
who's got a laceration to his face,
by the looks of things.

435
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,040
We're dealing with the suspect
at the moment.

436
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,080
Are there gonna be
any social cameras around here?

437
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,400
-Yeah, there will be.
-There will be. Sweet.

438
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,400
We're staying in Bristol
at the hotel with him.

439
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,280
Woke up to an empty bed,

440
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,520
and a voicemail from the police station.

441
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,560
Sorry. Do you mind just loosening
that right one on my wrist?

442
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,600
-Yes. Give me two secs.
-Yeah, all right.

443
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,320
Can I get a person's check, please?
In relation to this job?

444
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,280
They didn't even say what happened,
they just said, "Phone us."

445
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,640
So, you immediately think the worst.

446
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,760
I'm going to say that the one
on my right wrist is a little bit tight.

447
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,160
Then it just spiraled from there, really.

448
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:50,600
I'd heard when everyone else heard,
in the news.

449
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:55,640
It's just worth saying that
there's not much I can say at this stage,

450
00:30:55,720 --> 00:31:00,320
that Ben was arrested in the early hours
of Monday morning, 25th of September,

451
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:04,440
following an incident in Bristol.
He was held overnight.

452
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,000
I felt immediate worry for him.

453
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,240
This is not an incident
that sits comfortably.

454
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,000
And then the video came out.

455
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,120
And I watched it
and just almost closed my eyes.

456
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,520
That is not what I wanted to see at all.

457
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,360
Because there's no hiding away from it.
The video is ugly.

458
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,640
Stokes, Stokes!

459
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,480
But I knew something must have happened,

460
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,560
for him to be in any situation like that.

461
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:02,840
When people saw that footage,

462
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,840
there was only one thing
anybody would have thought instantly.

463
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,640
"Ben Stokes is in trouble."

464
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:16,800
You want to clear the record
about Bristol. What went wrong?

465
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,080
What went wrong?

466
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,360
Nothing good happens after midnight.

467
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,520
We were looking for a casino to go to.

468
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:31,520
You notice something when two random guys
are saying stuff to other guys,

469
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,080
which they shouldn't be doing.

470
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,400
What did you overhear?

471
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,320
The two lads who were getting
the abuse were gay.

472
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,960
The two lads who I ended up
having the altercation with

473
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,000
were taking the piss out for being gay.

474
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,080
At what point did you see red?

475
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,520
"See red" is probably
the wrong way to say it,

476
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,440
but as soon as a bottle got brought out,

477
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,760
and he tried to hit one of my friends
at the time, Alex,

478
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,400
and then one of the other guys
that we stepped in to help.

479
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,840
You know, then...

480
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,080
I'll explain to you
why you've been arrested as well.

481
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:15,160
Yeah.

482
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,160
It's because there's a guy over there
that's covered in blood,

483
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,960
and I've been told that you punched him.

484
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,480
Because he was abusing

485
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,440
-my two friends for being gay.
-That's all I've been told.

486
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,360
That's why I'm arresting you
for suspicion of assault.

487
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:27,920
-Absolutely fine.
-We need a first aider.

488
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,840
He's got a lot of Kiwi in him.

489
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,080
He's got a lot of his dad in him as well.

490
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,680
Gerard would never walk past
an incident like that.

491
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:43,040
You realized very quickly how big
the story was going to be,

492
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,080
because of the nature of the incident.

493
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,280
Those images and the video as well.

494
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,720
He was the name. Yeah, he was the story.

495
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,800
Ben Stokes was abusive to a doorman.

496
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,080
Stokes is accused of losing control
and attacking two local men.

497
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:02,080
Inside he'd had at least six vodka
lemonades and downed some shots.

498
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:04,680
It was horrific.

499
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,760
We couldn't come home to our house,

500
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,400
and the press were just
camped outside for weeks.

501
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,720
England cricketer Ben Stokes
has been charged with affray.

502
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,960
The 27-year-old is on trial,
accused of affray.

503
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,400
The maximum sentence
for the offence is three years.

504
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,600
People have probably
made up their minds already.

505
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,760
I have no sympathy whatsoever
for Ben Stokes.

506
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,320
Last time I checked in this country,
you're innocent until proved guilty.

507
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,960
Trouble follows him around.

508
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:34,320
Excuse me. Excuse me.

509
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,880
He could be charged
with actual bodily harm.

510
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,280
There was the potential
for a custodial sentence.

511
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:47,320
He indicated he would plead
not guilty to the charge of affray.

512
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,240
It's hard to know how anyone
would come back from that.

513
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,440
The first couple of days was just awful.

514
00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:00,400
It's alleged a 27-year-old man
suffered a fractured eye socket.

515
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,720
The two other defendants also indicated
they would deny the offence.

516
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,200
It must have been very difficult to not
be able to stick up for yourself.

517
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,600
Never spoke about it
because I wasn't allowed to.

518
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,520
That's the fucking stupid thing.

519
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,640
But the media can say
whatever they want every single day.

520
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:20,440
Yeah. Pieces of shit.

521
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,240
There were allegations that that night
he had been homophobic,

522
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,440
and he had mocked a couple of gay men.

523
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:31,000
They just reported whatever they thought
was detrimental to me.

524
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,480
A doorman said Stokes became abusive.

525
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,400
When he left here, he was
in a spiteful and angry mood.

526
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,320
People were getting it so wrong.

527
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,880
Ben Stokes is adamant
that he felt threatened.

528
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,680
He was threatened the whole time.

529
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,280
These men were armed.

530
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,320
When someone comes at you with a bottle,
you can't really feel not threatened.

531
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,840
They didn't print all the stuff
that was said in court, in Ben's favor.

532
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,080
For you. Ben Stokes was a hero.

533
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,920
Yeah, definitely, yeah.
If he wasn't there,

534
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,840
God only knows what would've happened.

535
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:03,040
They only printed negative stuff.
And you just think, that's not fair.

536
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,760
When something you do as an individual
affects people who have no right

537
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:13,000
to be affected by it,
that's the hardest thing to watch.

538
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:21,560
It was really hard.
We're on the other side of the world.

539
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:29,480
We just couldn't do anything
to help in any way.

540
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,040
I was really, really worried.

541
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,800
Stokes has already been suspended
over the incident.

542
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,280
Do you expect to play cricket
again this summer?

543
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,880
This was so serious.

544
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,960
I just can't see how Ben Stokes
can possibly go to Australia.

545
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,360
I don't think he should be able
to come and play.

546
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,840
There needs to be a precedent set,
I think, even for his own benefit.

547
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,160
Fuck off. Fuck off, guys, come on!

548
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,320
Quite a lot had happened
throughout that whole time.

549
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,160
I missed the national series.
I lost the vice captaincy.

550
00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,120
He still faces possible sanction

551
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,840
from the ECB's
Cricket Disciplinary committee.

552
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:10,600
What happens now is the disciplinary
proceedings by England's cricket board.

553
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,040
To just put Ben's career on pause,

554
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:19,040
while effectively he was still
an innocent man, seemed cruel.

555
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,360
It's not the first time that Stokes
has faced scrutiny off the field.

556
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,520
In 2011, he was cautioned
after obstructing a police officer

557
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,200
during a night out in Newcastle.

558
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:32,000
In 2014, he broke his hand
after punching a dressing room locker.

559
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,400
And last year, Stokes
was banned from driving

560
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,080
after being caught speeding four times.

561
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,320
What does the future hold
for the poster boy of English cricket?

562
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:45,360
The most talked about man in world cricket
has touched down in Christchurch.

563
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,960
Ben's gotta understand that he's
the most talked-about cricketer

564
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:50,640
in world cricket at the moment.

565
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,000
English all-rounder, Ben Stokes...

566
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,000
He was tight-lipped
when he landed in Auckland.

567
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,880
Watch your backs guys,
you're going to tip over.

568
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,600
To hold such a role of leadership and...

569
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,200
this is just utterly disgraceful,
what happened.

570
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,720
Wherever he goes,
he's gotta get used to the fact

571
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,640
that there's going to be people
who want a piece of him.

572
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:19,440
...in self-defense.

573
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:22,560
...why always me?

574
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,360
My only concern was Ben.

575
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:36,480
One of my closest mates
that I care deeply about.

576
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,840
It was difficult
to see that all unfold, really.

577
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,600
If I was making the movie
of the Ben Stokes story,

578
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,760
a pivotal scene would be
the motorway service station.

579
00:38:55,200 --> 00:39:00,760
You and Clare on one side of the table,
with Neil Fairbrother on the other,

580
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,080
and you saying to him, I'm done.

581
00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:08,440
I don't want to play for England anymore.

582
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,160
At the time I was thinking
I was playing for the wrong people,

583
00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:15,440
and I was like, I'm not
walking on the field,

584
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,640
putting my energies
and efforts for these guys.

585
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,720
I had the warning signs
of what was to come.

586
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,320
He lost the desire.

587
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,480
And it just wasn't Ben.

588
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:38,840
We talked about who you play for.
And why you play.

589
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,080
I had to get over to him
that he was playing cricket

590
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:50,960
for himself, his family, his team-mates.

591
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:56,640
That was what he played for.
That is why he was so good.

592
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,720
And that is what we had to get back to.

593
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:07,800
The trial of Ben Stokes
is approaching its conclusion.

594
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:16,720
It was almost as though people were
just waiting for a guilty verdict.

595
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:21,200
Clare was squeezing my hand,
as the jury came back in.

596
00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:25,360
Just over an hour ago,
the cricketer Ben Stokes

597
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:27,400
was found not guilty of affray.

598
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,120
He's now coming out of the court
to make a statement on the steps.

599
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,360
The decision came
after less than three hours.

600
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,600
The England cricketer
was acquitted of affray.

601
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,240
Not guilty. Cleared of the charge.

602
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:43,960
As soon as I heard it,
I just started to sob, just with relief.

603
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,480
The jury believed
Stokes' version of events,

604
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,560
and unanimously found him not guilty.

605
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,760
It was just such a big moment.

606
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,400
That's when the emotion sets in,

607
00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:02,600
and I guess you realize then
what Ben and Clare had been going through.

608
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,640
Today's verdict represents the end
of an 11-month ordeal for Ben,

609
00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,680
during which time he's had to maintain
his silence at times,

610
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,400
when many on social media,
and certain parts of the press,

611
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,280
predetermined his guilt
long before the trial began.

612
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:20,040
What was sad is, I naively thought, well,
that's happened.

613
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,720
He's been found not guilty. That's that.

614
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,200
And of course, it wasn't.

615
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,200
Of course, people still wrote
horrible things.

616
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,120
He's not streetwise off the pitch.

617
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,200
Ultimately, he's gotta look at himself
in the mirror and change.

618
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,840
When you go through something
as extreme as that,

619
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,400
it probably makes you realize
who you can trust and who you can't,

620
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:48,960
who supports you and who doesn't.

621
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,280
What makes me happy, what doesn't.

622
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:57,560
It certainly made him, when he came back
to cricket, much more professional.

623
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,880
He's always had an incredible amount
of energy as a person,

624
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,920
and he was really burning
that energy at training.

625
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:09,840
It made him grow up really quickly,
in a very brutal way.

626
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,680
Sometimes I said to myself,
if I'd just let that happen

627
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:18,680
and walked on, I wouldn't be here.

628
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:19,800
That wouldn't have happened.

629
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:26,360
But probably I'd never forgive myself ever
for walking past something like that.

630
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,160
I'm gonna ask you a tricky question.

631
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:31,800
Did you feel let down by anyone
in that period?

632
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,960
A few people, yeah.
Quite a few of them wear a suit as well.

633
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:44,360
Do you feel that it's now passed
or is that still there with you?

634
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:48,080
Still there. Always will be.

635
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,040
That week and that moment

636
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:56,280
changed Ben, wholly for the better.

637
00:42:56,360 --> 00:43:03,000
Now, Ben is a different person
to who he was, pre-Bristol, without doubt.

638
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,400
It really hurt him.

639
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,040
You could see that he felt
like he'd let people down.

640
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:21,120
One of the hard things to see is
someone that would never let anyone down,

641
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:25,200
would never want to let anyone down,
going through those emotions.

642
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:35,440
I think the one thing
I would say about Ben is...

643
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,640
not many people get to see
the best side of him.

644
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:47,120
And not that that's anyone's fault,

645
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,480
but I'm just very grateful that I have.

646
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:06,440
I think in the build up to that summer,
you'd really seen a different side of Ben.

647
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,600
It was just
that added determination there,

648
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:12,760
to do well for his team-mates.

649
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:18,440
After everything that had happened
in Bristol, this was his moment.

650
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,320
No way! No, no way.

651
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,480
You cannot do that, Ben Stokes.

652
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:29,640
That is one of the greatest catches
of all time.

653
00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:32,240
The hype around 2019 was massive.

654
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,760
We knew it was a World Cup year
and an Ashes year.

655
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,200
It was all about cricket that summer.

656
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,000
Hit away over mid-on.

657
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:48,200
How fitting it is that Captain Morgan
is the man that leads his team

658
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,240
to Lord's for a World Cup final.

659
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:56,400
It will be England or New Zealand.

660
00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:01,760
Ben's profile had gone through the roof,
for good and for bad.

661
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:11,440
He absolutely captured the imagination
of the entire nation.

662
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:13,760
Everyone was watching it.

663
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:15,840
Cricket doesn't really get those moments.

664
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,680
He's obviously got a connection
with New Zealand.

665
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,280
They class him as their own,
but he's not theirs he's ours.

666
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,520
Slower ball. Now then. Now then.

667
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:35,040
Trent bowled again. Is this it?
Is this it? And he's got it! It's six!

668
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,400
You're kidding me!

669
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:41,760
It just felt like
this incredible atmosphere.

670
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,400
England had a good chance.

671
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:48,160
I don't think I've ever heard
30,000 people as loud.

672
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,880
Chaos is all around.

673
00:45:55,560 --> 00:46:01,480
Archer. He's bowled him. Straight through.
What a big last over we've got!

674
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:04,000
Now. This is really tense.

675
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:06,560
Rashid is a handy batsman.

676
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,760
Stokes is obviously shattered.

677
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:12,240
If Stokesy gets out here,

678
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:14,520
it's down to me and Rash, like,
what are we gonna do?

679
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:18,680
Lord's is the most prim and proper place
you could ever play cricket.

680
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,120
You've got this marble basin
in the dressing room,

681
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,280
and I was thinking, can I be sick
in there? Am I going to hurl here?

682
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,120
Fifteen from six.

683
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:32,240
A Yorker. He won't take the run.
It makes it harder. 15 from five.

684
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,280
He said, no way.
I've got to hit fours and sixes.

685
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,320
Five to go, 15 to win.

686
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,560
Another beautiful length delivery.

687
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,680
Stokes can do nothing with it.

688
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,280
We were under big pressure.

689
00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:49,000
Two dot balls to start the over.

690
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,360
This is not going where we needed to go.

691
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,080
He is so feeling it.

692
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:56,960
And then pandemonium sets in.

693
00:46:58,320 --> 00:46:59,600
Tries to back up.

694
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,600
I don't think Stokes can hear a thing.

695
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:05,040
On the money.

696
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:08,880
Is it out of the ground? It is! It is!

697
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:10,200
What a shot that is.

698
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:14,080
It's still on for both here.

699
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,080
Goes again. Can he give the strike away?

700
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,800
This is a big moment. They've gotta run!

701
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,760
They go to the other end.
He gets in the way!

702
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,800
This has got to go all the way
to the boundary for Ben.

703
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:30,840
Can you believe this?
I do not believe what I've just seen!

704
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:39,360
It's three from two balls.
If they get two runs, England.

705
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:42,000
Scores tied. Super over.

706
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,880
It's in the hands of Ben Stokes.

707
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:47,040
Here's Boult.

708
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,160
Down the ground. Now then.

709
00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:54,480
They've got to try and come back.
Santner throws it in.

710
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:56,360
Out! Rashid is out!

711
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:00,120
Rashid did the right thing.
Sacrificed himself.

712
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,520
All I'm thinking of is just
what happens if I slip or if I fall?

713
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,000
Make sure to tap your bat in.

714
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:08,280
When you're running,
run as fast as you can.

715
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,000
Why don't you run down the steps
so you're nice and warm.

716
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:13,840
He's coming out quicker than Usain Bolt.

717
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,800
So there was a million things
going through me head.

718
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,840
What am I gonna say to Stokesy?
Will he want me to say much?

719
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:19,080
Should I not say anything?

720
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,800
It isn't until I get in the middle
and I see Stokesy,

721
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:23,720
and he's sort of like glazed over,
his eyes.

722
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,880
He was totally in the zone.

723
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:29,280
So, I just thought,
right, I'll just say it.

724
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:30,920
No matter what, I'm gonna run.

725
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:36,480
Here's Boult.

726
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,920
That was a push.
Are we in for a super over?

727
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:41,320
They've gotta go quick. Got to go quick.

728
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:42,760
I'm sure, he's out!

729
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:44,480
We're going to a Super Over!

730
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:47,920
You are kidding me! You are kidding me!

731
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:54,160
The feeling I had at that time
was walking off.

732
00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,600
Should've easily done that,

733
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,280
should've won that off that last ball.

734
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,280
So, then I had to go out the back,

735
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:04,680
and just have five minutes
to clear myself.

736
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,960
But actually, I went out
and had a cigarette,

737
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:09,600
in the Lord's shower,

738
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,040
because I knew I had to get ready,
go out and play another game.

739
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:17,920
I know some people will say
it must've been chaotic,

740
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,720
and it must have been carnage in there,
but it seemed pretty clear in my eyes.

741
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:25,800
People just knew what was happening.

742
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,640
I was absolutely all over the place.

743
00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:31,000
I remember Jason Roy
throwing fruit across the room,

744
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:33,960
Jos had thrown everything everywhere
and punched the bed,

745
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:37,120
put the TV on, third umpire,
people scrambling,

746
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,160
saying "do you know what I mean?"
at the end of every sentence.

747
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:40,560
We're gonna win. Do you know what I mean?

748
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:41,800
Should we go on the field,
do you know what mean?

749
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:43,080
Shall we take some catches,
you know what I mean?

750
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:45,200
Everything was in sort of
fast forward mode.

751
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:50,360
It's Stokes. It's Buttler.
I think that's the right choice.

752
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:52,000
The right choice.

753
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:56,880
He just has that ability to carry a team.

754
00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:01,400
He's always going to be involved
in the big moments in the match.

755
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:03,120
Trent Boult to Stokes.

756
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,200
They can push for three,
because Buttler's very quick.

757
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:11,400
Stokes is out on his feet,
but he'll make it.

758
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:12,760
Three off the first.

759
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,560
The big moments find him.

760
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:22,080
Gap... Is it? Yes, it is.

761
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:24,960
He's done it again, Stokes.

762
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:28,600
This is a massive delivery
in this World Cup.

763
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,200
Boult last ball. Buttler.

764
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,320
He gets it in a gap. He gets a boundary.

765
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,160
Fifteen off the Super Over.

766
00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:38,960
Fifteen off Boult.

767
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,720
What he did was nothing short
of amazing that day.

768
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:45,960
Whenever he's in a team,

769
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,200
everyone tries to raise
their standards to meet his.

770
00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:54,720
He's the guy that everyone else
is gonna wanna play their best

771
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:56,960
or their smartest game around,

772
00:50:57,040 --> 00:51:00,080
and that can only ever benefit the team.

773
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:04,400
Fourteen one day internationals
in Jofra Archer's career.

774
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:10,000
He is tasked with bowling the super over.

775
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:13,760
He just said that it doesn't matter
the result here today.

776
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,320
It doesn't define you
as a person or a player.

777
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:22,240
That's the biggest thing he could've said
to me then and there.

778
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,280
Archer. A wide. It is a wide.

779
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:32,640
It's a freebie for New Zealand.
It's pressure on a young man.

780
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:34,040
Here's Archer again.

781
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,400
That's got it! It's huge! It's gone!
It's out of the park!

782
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:42,920
Boom! Seven from four now.

783
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,360
You feel for Archer. You feel for him.

784
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:49,040
Neesham gets him again. Guptill says yes.

785
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:50,920
A misfield! More pressure!

786
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:58,000
2016 T20 World Cup Final
was a rough night for me.

787
00:51:59,920 --> 00:52:03,360
I was there in Jofra's shoes,
so I knew how he was feeling.

788
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:04,600
Two from one!

789
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:09,240
Whatever happens here,
it's not gonna define your career.

790
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:13,160
Yes folks. This is the moment.
It's Archer to Guptill.

791
00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:19,160
Two to win. Guptill's gonna push for two.
They've got to go. It's got to...

792
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:21,880
The keeper's in. He's got him.

793
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:26,200
England have won the World Cup
by the barest of margins!

794
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:28,600
By the barest of margins!

795
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:31,600
It's ecstasy for England!

796
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,520
England claimed their first
cricket World Cup on a London day

797
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,000
that none of us will ever forget.

798
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:54,680
I don't do what I do to make people
think good of me.

799
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,840
Everyone's got a right to an opinion
and judgement of someone,

800
00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:01,840
and if you think good of me, then great.

801
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,560
If you think badly of me,
then I'm not gonna let that affect me.

802
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,800
At the end of the game,
I just cried my eyes out.

803
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:11,080
I was probably the most hated father
in New Zealand.

804
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:17,680
I do what I do because I love the sport.

805
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,120
The player of the match, Ben Stokes!

806
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,360
I love being in a team
and sharing moments with other people

807
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:27,720
who are part of that team,

808
00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:37,160
whether it be players, or backroom staff
or management, who all have the same goal.

809
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:42,600
And from a selfish point of view, I do it

810
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:45,160
because there's security
for my family as well.

811
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:50,080
-What is going on, Reuben?
-I can't believe it!

812
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,080
What is happening?

813
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:53,920
-What?
-I can't believe it.

814
00:53:57,080 --> 00:54:00,240
As good as it is walking out
and representing your country.

815
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:02,440
And every time you do it,
you walk out there

816
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:05,200
with so much pride, having
those three lions on your chest.

817
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:06,880
But there is more to it.

818
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:10,840
Mark, what do you think?

819
00:54:10,920 --> 00:54:14,640
222 for 2. Good score. I wanna have a poo.

820
00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:16,160
I wanna have a poo too, Richie.

821
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:21,120
One person in particular
tried asking me for a selfie.

822
00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:25,600
And he was someone who wears a suit.

823
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:30,640
I turned around, and told him to fuck off.

824
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:36,520
If this person didn't know
how I felt towards him,

825
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:39,240
they did know the night
of the World Cup final.

826
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:05,880
Covid touring is really
brutally quite tough.

827
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:08,920
You feel really restricted.

828
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:15,800
It can build up anxiety levels,
feeling stuck inside hotel rooms.

829
00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:18,600
It's been a really unpleasant
couple of years.

830
00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:26,640
It's the amount of time you spend
away from the people you care about.

831
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:30,120
That's the hardest thing.

832
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,640
The times when you've been
from the hotel room, to the ground,

833
00:55:37,720 --> 00:55:39,320
just back to your hotel room.

834
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,520
Staring at four walls all the time,
there's a gradual build up.

835
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,320
I think that's the hardest thing
about that bubble environment.

836
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,320
There's no escape, there's nowhere to go.

837
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:56,800
Time is a tough one in terms of cricket.

838
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,880
Cricket is a long game.

839
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:04,400
There's a lot of time
you're actually not involved,

840
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:08,440
and the game allows your thoughts
to run away with you.

841
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:12,920
When you're in a very good space,
it's fantastic.

842
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:14,960
But there can be some negative times

843
00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:17,200
and tough times
where you're under pressure,

844
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,880
and that time can be really tough
to deal with.

845
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:38,440
The thing I've found the hardest
is if you've had a family member

846
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:41,320
that has not been feeling very well
or going through an issue

847
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:44,280
and you're locked away in a hotel room,

848
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:46,800
that makes you feel helpless

849
00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:51,520
and a bit useless.

850
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:53,240
You feel very trapped.

851
00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:00,280
Being restricted and being dictated
and being told

852
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:05,560
what we can and can't do on a daily basis,
eventually just gets to you.

853
00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:16,800
My dad was sick for a long time.

854
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:21,720
Cricket was dictating
when I could go and see him.

855
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,760
Not being able to spend time with mum,
dad, brother,

856
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:28,760
family when he's getting worse.

857
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:34,120
It's tough.

858
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:59,960
Every bat I've got...

859
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:03,560
My mum hates this bit about me
coming back home,

860
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:06,400
because I just make the garage
an absolute mess with all my cricket kit.

861
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:09,520
But just shut the door and it's all right.

862
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:13,360
Regripping my bats again, Dad.

863
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:15,520
-These were brand new yesterday.
-They all come loose again?

864
00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:19,000
No, there's holes in them, look.
From slogging.

865
00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:27,440
Mum and Dad moved back to New Zealand
when I was just 21,

866
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:31,360
so seeing each other
isn't actually that common.

867
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:35,560
But I'm a massive believer
in family comes before everything else.

868
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:36,720
Come on!

869
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:40,760
I remember when Ben used to use
all my old bats.

870
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:44,600
So, he used to regrip them all and that.
He's been doing it since he was a kid.

871
00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:48,000
And I still haven't been able to
get the perfect one, Dad.

872
00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:51,440
I spoke to our sports psychologist,

873
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:56,000
and as I was talking, you know,
when you start to get emotional,

874
00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:58,040
your jaw starts to wobble
and you can feel it,

875
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,760
and you're trying to hold it back.
But that's the first time I properly cried

876
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:03,320
about what's going on with Dad.

877
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:10,160
It was terminal brain cancer.

878
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,800
So, I had to come out here
and spend as much time as I could.

879
00:59:16,240 --> 00:59:21,640
You sort of shiver
when you hear terminal illness.

880
00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:24,800
Brain cancer tends to give you
a bit of a scare,

881
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:27,920
'cause you just don't know
if you're going to be the same person

882
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,280
when you wake up the next day.

883
00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:37,240
So, this is Libby's end of year dance.

884
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,040
This was the big performance,
wasn't it? Yeah.

885
00:59:42,920 --> 00:59:44,760
-There we go.
-Here we go.

886
00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:46,080
There she is.

887
00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:57,680
I felt like I stood
in his pathway a little bit,

888
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:04,800
by having some of these illnesses
that I've had over the past few years.

889
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:07,360
And it's been weighing on his mind
as well as trying to do

890
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:12,800
what he needs to do for his team,
and for his family and himself. So...

891
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:17,840
I think it's just a tribute to how strong
and mentally tough he is,

892
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:20,160
to be able to get through all this.

893
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:30,800
You will have seen him saluting his dad
and that's something

894
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:33,200
that was a tradition way back,

895
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,680
but it's now obviously
a bit of folklore, really.

896
01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:37,800
Kids were...

897
01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:39,800
-Were just fascinated by it weren't, we?
-Fascinated by...

898
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:42,200
What happened to your finger, grandy?

899
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:45,920
Got bitten off by a crocodile,
and that stayed in the family forever.

900
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,800
So, what actually did happen was,
I was playing for Canterbury,

901
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:53,920
and my finger got caught up
in the turnover of a player's sock.

902
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,480
When I looked down, I saw my finger
sticking out this way.

903
01:00:56,560 --> 01:01:02,760
When I saw the doctor, she said,
it looks like I have to lop that off.

904
01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:04,760
But that was the way it was.

905
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:07,440
You either played or you didn't get paid
in those days.

906
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:15,520
We are going down to Sydenham
for me to have a bowl.

907
01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:18,080
Fondly known as the SCG.

908
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:23,320
It's where the actual cricketer
of the family plays cricket. My mother.

909
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:25,200
I think we got everything.

910
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:27,760
Look like a gangster from the '70s.

911
01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:35,480
Since I've been here,
it's been a noticeable change.

912
01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:39,800
It takes a bit longer
getting into a car nowadays.

913
01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:41,400
It's only because I'm totally unorganized.

914
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:43,200
Are you all right?
Do you feel warm in that, Dad?

915
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:44,680
Yes.

916
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:49,320
Mornings, he's absolutely great.

917
01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:54,960
As the day peters on, you can see
how just being awake makes him tired

918
01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:56,760
and really wears him out.

919
01:01:56,840 --> 01:02:00,240
He's not quite sure what's going on.

920
01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:05,600
And it is sad to see this man
that I grew up around,

921
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:11,400
this big physically strong man
just deteriorate quickly.

922
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:18,360
-Here's the old man.
-Someone else who knows you, Dad.

923
01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:20,520
He's always bumping into people he sees.

924
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:23,240
-You all right mate?
-Every day is another day.

925
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:25,200
We all move on, don't we?

926
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:27,840
Every third person
probably knows who he is.

927
01:02:27,920 --> 01:02:29,360
-Hey fellas.
-You all right?

928
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:31,720
Fucking freezing.
It's like being in Durham.

929
01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:36,880
Dad's my biggest fan,
but also my biggest critic.

930
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:39,480
That was very nearly a big fat
no ball, Ben Stokes.

931
01:02:41,640 --> 01:02:44,800
Ben. You're going over on your knee.

932
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:45,920
I'm what?

933
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,240
I said you're going over on your knee.

934
01:02:48,320 --> 01:02:52,200
Being a coach for so many years
obviously brings that critic side out.

935
01:02:55,240 --> 01:02:57,320
Shot!

936
01:02:57,400 --> 01:03:00,080
He's getting pissed off with himself now.

937
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:02,920
And there's definitely
a big element of Stokes'

938
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:07,160
stubbornness in there as well
which he gets very much from his father.

939
01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:14,280
I'm going a bit faster.
You guys are too slow.

940
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:19,040
Gerard? Don't go, go down the path, love.

941
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:25,120
She's an amazing woman.
To do what she does with Dad,

942
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:28,200
and the job that she does
as the victim support officer,

943
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:31,560
with families who have gone through
horrific crimes.

944
01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:33,520
Here they come.

945
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:35,960
Congregating, aren't they?

946
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:40,600
She is the person to go and speak to them,
and help them get through it

947
01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:43,400
as much as she possibly can.

948
01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:46,720
To be able to stay so focused,
I just don't know how she does it.

949
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:48,360
She's incredible.

950
01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:53,200
-They'll peck your fingers, eh?
-They do that.

951
01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:57,120
Oi! Stop! Trying to bite my finger off.

952
01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:59,240
This one got mine before.

953
01:03:59,320 --> 01:04:04,960
I think we are a positive family.
And I think that's a really good lesson

954
01:04:05,040 --> 01:04:07,240
that sport teaches
throughout life, you know.

955
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:11,000
Sport will throw things at you that you've
just got to deal with.

956
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,920
All fed. Now they're off.

957
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:15,840
They won't hang around long.
Now they know the bread has gone.

958
01:04:15,920 --> 01:04:17,080
Yeah.

959
01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:21,600
If you don't deal with it, you get second.

960
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:27,920
And second is not an option at the moment.

961
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:29,840
Second is not a good deal.

962
01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:39,720
Probably the hardest thing
to think about is,

963
01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:41,960
when I leave here,

964
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:44,960
it's more than likely going to be
the last time I do see him

965
01:04:45,040 --> 01:04:46,560
before the inevitable happens.

966
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:10,120
All the fans out there around the world
love match winners.

967
01:05:18,080 --> 01:05:20,240
You can go and ask any fan
about any player

968
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:23,000
now or that's played in recent times.

969
01:05:25,040 --> 01:05:29,000
You can ask them what they average,
they wouldn't have a clue.

970
01:05:33,960 --> 01:05:37,760
But what they remember
is how they played the game.

971
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:40,320
And Ben plays the game in the right way.

972
01:05:45,080 --> 01:05:47,280
I wish he was on our side.

973
01:05:56,960 --> 01:05:59,520
Everyone asks what's so important
about the Ashes?

974
01:06:01,440 --> 01:06:03,520
Why does it grab everyone's attention?

975
01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:06,720
I think it's the history.

976
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:09,560
The reputation of Don Bradman
had preceded him.

977
01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:13,000
The amazing things that both England
and Australian players have done.

978
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,720
He's out! Ten wickets to Laker!

979
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:20,040
There's an extra intensity.

980
01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:23,840
Every ball is a contest.

981
01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:26,720
Bowled him!

982
01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:31,560
I hated losing.

983
01:06:31,640 --> 01:06:35,720
But when you lose to England,
it hurts more.

984
01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:40,320
Not worth looking for that,
let alone chasing it.

985
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:45,400
Hurts like a dagger.

986
01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:48,480
No matter what you do
against anybody else,

987
01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:51,600
people remember what you do
in the Ashes series.

988
01:06:52,920 --> 01:06:54,640
He's so good.

989
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:57,840
Basically, defines your career.

990
01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:03,000
You just can't let England win.

991
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:12,600
At the highest level
of international sport,

992
01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:16,520
is an incredible amount of pressure.

993
01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:20,080
You give people enormous amounts of joy.

994
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:25,280
What do you think it is in you
that makes those things possible for you,

995
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:28,280
beyond just sporting talent?

996
01:07:35,160 --> 01:07:36,680
I don't know.

997
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:43,960
Do you think if you get closer to that,
you'd get close to understanding

998
01:07:45,160 --> 01:07:47,160
what you're going through now as well?

999
01:08:03,400 --> 01:08:05,320
Australia held the Ashes.

1000
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:09,400
England lost the first test at Edgbaston.

1001
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:14,920
Going into Headingley, it's one-nil down.

1002
01:08:16,440 --> 01:08:18,160
They cannot lose this.

1003
01:08:24,840 --> 01:08:28,680
The more I've played Ashes cricket,
the more I respect it.

1004
01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:37,560
It's a war on that cricket pitch.

1005
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:45,120
We won the toss and bowled,
and we bowled beautifully.

1006
01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:50,480
And that's what the captain wanted.

1007
01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:05,680
Jofra's got a six,
and Australia are all out!

1008
01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:09,480
What a day this has turned out
to be for England!

1009
01:09:12,080 --> 01:09:15,640
Turned up the next morning,
what a great opportunity this is.

1010
01:09:17,160 --> 01:09:21,200
And England will need a nice, solid start.

1011
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:25,000
Edged and gone.

1012
01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:26,080
Come on!

1013
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:31,280
Got him, he's out for a naught.

1014
01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:36,200
Stokes is the man in form.

1015
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:40,120
He's dragged it out wide,
and it's a wicket.

1016
01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:41,840
Goodness me!

1017
01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:44,440
Ben Stokes now, atrocious shot.

1018
01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:46,640
Well, England clearly
don't want to win the Ashes

1019
01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:49,160
because they gifted Australia wickets.

1020
01:09:49,240 --> 01:09:51,360
Oh, yes!

1021
01:09:52,960 --> 01:09:56,040
Got him! Australia have turned this match.

1022
01:09:56,120 --> 01:10:01,200
England, they have crumbled
in the most dismal fashion.

1023
01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:05,640
We're at the bottom
of the mountain again.

1024
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,120
We're in a terrible position.

1025
01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:11,960
I just fear that it's gonna get
very ugly for England.

1026
01:10:12,040 --> 01:10:14,040
Seems like the writing's on the wall.

1027
01:10:14,120 --> 01:10:18,480
This could be the session
where the Ashes are retained...

1028
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,200
Edged. Oh, my God!

1029
01:10:22,280 --> 01:10:26,040
When things aren't going right for you,
they're really not going right.

1030
01:10:29,480 --> 01:10:33,400
Got him! Stokes has now got a wicket.

1031
01:10:33,480 --> 01:10:35,480
He's running and he's running
and he could not get the ball

1032
01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:36,840
out of his hands.

1033
01:10:39,560 --> 01:10:41,200
Yeah, he's gone.

1034
01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:44,280
Ben Stokes gets a reward
for a magnificent spell of bowling.

1035
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:54,480
In any test match around the world,
to chase down 359 as a final score

1036
01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:57,360
is pretty much unheard of.

1037
01:10:59,920 --> 01:11:03,600
As someone who was there at Headingley,
I totally wrote them off.

1038
01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:07,920
No one chases down three-five-nine.

1039
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:11,400
England require 359 to win the test match.

1040
01:11:11,480 --> 01:11:14,600
Australia, ten wickets
to retain the Ashes.

1041
01:11:14,680 --> 01:11:17,480
The history books are against England.

1042
01:11:17,560 --> 01:11:20,880
Let's be honest, 359? Very little chance.

1043
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:24,160
He won't talk now.
He doesn't have his big boys around.

1044
01:11:24,240 --> 01:11:28,040
How many runs until he starts talking?
20, 30?

1045
01:11:31,040 --> 01:11:32,080
Catch!

1046
01:11:32,160 --> 01:11:34,640
Yes!

1047
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:38,080
The lions are definitely out.

1048
01:11:39,080 --> 01:11:42,840
Another bloke who likes a word
when all his mates are around.

1049
01:11:42,920 --> 01:11:45,520
Standing by himself down here,
very little.

1050
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:58,520
Fuck off! Fucking prick! Fuck me!

1051
01:11:58,600 --> 01:12:01,920
This was gonna be the series gone.

1052
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:04,200
I'll tell you what he does,
he looks straight at the screen

1053
01:12:04,280 --> 01:12:05,480
to see if he's on screen.

1054
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:08,680
Yes!

1055
01:12:16,520 --> 01:12:20,600
Don't worry Stokesy, I think me and you
make a good combination bro.

1056
01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:22,360
Fuck you!

1057
01:12:22,440 --> 01:12:24,720
Biggest thing for me
on that evening of day three

1058
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:27,120
was just grinding it out.

1059
01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:29,920
Keep this pressure on,
we'll get two more tonight, boys.

1060
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:31,840
New ball in the morning. Come on.

1061
01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:37,000
Starting the morning of day four
was the most important bit.

1062
01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:41,920
Nicely played. England gets through
to the close. Three down.

1063
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:44,800
Didn't say a lot to me
throughout that period.

1064
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:48,440
Clear as day, he just wants to make sure
he's there in the morning.

1065
01:12:50,680 --> 01:12:53,160
You could just see
he's absolutely exhausted.

1066
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:02,480
It is the day we came for.

1067
01:13:02,560 --> 01:13:05,000
There's no bigger occasion.

1068
01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:08,280
203, a lot of runs.

1069
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:16,800
All test cricket is a mental game.

1070
01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:19,600
Ashes cricket particularly.

1071
01:13:21,320 --> 01:13:23,600
You want to look
your opposition member in the eye,

1072
01:13:23,680 --> 01:13:26,200
and you know that it's battle.

1073
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:31,480
Another one on the head.

1074
01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:32,960
You good Stokesy?

1075
01:13:34,440 --> 01:13:36,360
Tough guy now?

1076
01:13:36,480 --> 01:13:39,360
It's the honor of playing
for your country,

1077
01:13:39,440 --> 01:13:41,040
and representing people.

1078
01:13:43,760 --> 01:13:46,520
But you wanna win
that individual battle right now.

1079
01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:50,160
-Catch it.
-Yes!

1080
01:13:50,240 --> 01:13:51,440
And the skipper's gone.

1081
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:56,080
What a breakthrough for Australia.
And with that, is it the Ashes?

1082
01:13:57,880 --> 01:14:00,960
-Good game, mate.
-Was that another non-conversion by Rooty?

1083
01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:06,480
It's a huge test of skill.

1084
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:13,600
But a greater test of your character.

1085
01:14:14,760 --> 01:14:15,880
Catch!

1086
01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:18,040
And now, Hazelwood has got his man!

1087
01:14:19,240 --> 01:14:21,600
How clear you can think under pressure.

1088
01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:29,200
How strong you can stay in big moments.

1089
01:14:33,160 --> 01:14:37,400
As that game unfolds, he takes it further
and further and further.

1090
01:14:37,480 --> 01:14:39,080
You get hope, you get belief.

1091
01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:41,080
Come on!

1092
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:43,200
Trouble... gone!

1093
01:14:44,280 --> 01:14:48,160
There was a mix up
between Stokes and Buttler.

1094
01:14:48,240 --> 01:14:50,440
And then it gets taken away
from you again.

1095
01:14:53,760 --> 01:14:56,560
Half century for Ben Stokes.

1096
01:14:56,640 --> 01:14:58,920
Well, he kept England
in the game with the ball,

1097
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:01,400
now he's keeping England
in the game with the bat.

1098
01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:06,040
Be a good man and just nick one
for us Woakesy.

1099
01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:08,520
Just nick it.
That's all we're asking Woakesy.

1100
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:12,360
Gone.

1101
01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:18,000
Stokes just had a word with Archer.

1102
01:15:18,080 --> 01:15:19,320
Just stay with me.

1103
01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:22,440
Catch!

1104
01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:26,640
Out!

1105
01:15:30,440 --> 01:15:33,200
I'm not addicted to
throwing a cricket ball,

1106
01:15:34,960 --> 01:15:38,040
but I am addicted to the pressure.

1107
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:47,200
When the heat's on, when you're trying
to control your emotions...

1108
01:15:49,400 --> 01:15:52,120
Heady they know you're there.
They know you're there, Heady.

1109
01:15:53,080 --> 01:15:54,960
...but you can't get them to go too high

1110
01:15:55,040 --> 01:15:56,760
because you'll lose
the clarity of thought.

1111
01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:00,880
It's out!

1112
01:16:03,360 --> 01:16:08,360
Walked back devastated. Ashes are gone.

1113
01:16:09,400 --> 01:16:13,880
The last hope, the last man is Jack Leach.

1114
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:20,160
Nine wickets down.
It felt like all hope was lost.

1115
01:16:23,680 --> 01:16:26,360
And I certainly stopped believing.

1116
01:16:26,440 --> 01:16:30,960
I remember being sat next to Joe
and he's saying, Ben can do this.

1117
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:33,640
Just out of politeness, you're like,
yeah, of course he can.

1118
01:16:35,560 --> 01:16:37,600
When Leachy came in,
there was no other way

1119
01:16:37,680 --> 01:16:39,080
that I could have played it.

1120
01:16:39,160 --> 01:16:42,080
Too much on his mind,
too much on his mind.

1121
01:16:42,160 --> 01:16:44,240
When he came out to bat, I just told him,

1122
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:46,520
I'm gonna face four balls
of the over, or five.

1123
01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:49,280
You're only gonna have to face
two balls or one.

1124
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:51,440
Anything outside of that,
just don't worry.

1125
01:16:54,840 --> 01:16:57,920
Hazelwood. Can't get there!

1126
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:00,520
It's another six down the ground
from Stokes.

1127
01:17:02,840 --> 01:17:05,960
Anybody who says that they don't
get nervous, they don't feel pressure,

1128
01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:07,400
it's just a crock of shit.

1129
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:11,360
What a shot that is!

1130
01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:15,360
England need 50 to win.

1131
01:17:17,120 --> 01:17:19,120
If you don't have those feelings,
you don't have those nerves,

1132
01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:20,920
then you're not human.

1133
01:17:25,440 --> 01:17:28,640
Again, huge cheers
as Leach gets in behind him.

1134
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:32,280
Scooped again. Scooped fine.

1135
01:17:32,360 --> 01:17:33,880
It's gone all the way.

1136
01:17:33,960 --> 01:17:38,080
And he's taken England to within 40
of winning the game.

1137
01:17:40,240 --> 01:17:42,440
Leach now has one ball
to survive from Cummins.

1138
01:17:45,080 --> 01:17:47,040
And the crowd, listen to them.
They're going off...

1139
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:54,360
Slow ball, drag leg side.
Drag to the boundary.

1140
01:17:54,440 --> 01:17:57,760
A 100 for Ben Stokes.
What a summer he's having.

1141
01:17:57,840 --> 01:17:59,840
What a cricketer he is!

1142
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:09,320
It's not just a fluke, that he's one of
the best cricket players in the world.

1143
01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:16,000
Up in the air. That's all the way,
isn't it? It is all the way!

1144
01:18:16,080 --> 01:18:17,720
Ten off two!

1145
01:18:18,680 --> 01:18:21,760
There is a performance standard
that you have to reach.

1146
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:28,720
Up in the air again,
Western Terrace again. Six again!

1147
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:33,680
The ability to take on board
everything that you need,

1148
01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:36,440
to become the most successful
at what you do.

1149
01:18:38,120 --> 01:18:41,960
In the air. Big cry of catch.
Third man comes in. Doesn't carry.

1150
01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:46,560
It's also about your mind.

1151
01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:50,760
Punched down the ground.

1152
01:18:52,040 --> 01:18:56,520
And, four! Single figures.
It's down to nine!

1153
01:18:58,800 --> 01:19:00,160
You have to push yourself.

1154
01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:05,880
It's down the ground. Mid-off is there.
It's long enough!

1155
01:19:05,960 --> 01:19:07,160
It's six!

1156
01:19:11,480 --> 01:19:13,840
Knowing how far you can push yourself.

1157
01:19:15,680 --> 01:19:17,360
Stokes can't watch down the other end.

1158
01:19:20,040 --> 01:19:21,680
And that's a good block.

1159
01:19:23,040 --> 01:19:28,320
To be able to transfer your desire
into those difficult situations.

1160
01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:35,880
Sweeping hit. Could be a run out.
He's fumbled.

1161
01:19:36,520 --> 01:19:39,320
He's fumbled. Lyon has fumbled!

1162
01:19:42,120 --> 01:19:45,760
I have gone through my career
fearing failure.

1163
01:19:47,040 --> 01:19:51,240
Now. Now everyone looks.
They needed that review.

1164
01:19:51,320 --> 01:19:53,440
They needed that review.

1165
01:19:55,320 --> 01:20:00,280
Rather than fearing failure, embrace it.

1166
01:20:00,360 --> 01:20:02,480
One to tie, two to win.

1167
01:20:04,640 --> 01:20:08,400
Yes, it's a call, they'll sneak one.
Scores are level.

1168
01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:14,160
He can do it when he has to do it.

1169
01:20:15,440 --> 01:20:18,160
There is a difference
between good and great.

1170
01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:45,600
That would be the proudest moment
of my life.

1171
01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:58,080
Players like Ben, they capture
the imagination of the nation.

1172
01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:08,240
The way he can do things with his calm,

1173
01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:10,240
I think that's the magic of Ben Stokes.

1174
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:16,560
He has that bit that no one else has.

1175
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:10,320
You fucking beauty!

1176
01:22:15,120 --> 01:22:17,720
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

1177
01:22:21,920 --> 01:22:24,120
That was unbelievable.

1178
01:22:24,200 --> 01:22:25,920
Unbelievable, son.

1179
01:23:23,240 --> 01:23:26,520
Do you even need me?
Or can we just get Ben in here?

1180
01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:29,760
That's right... I struggle to put that
into words. Are you able to?

1181
01:23:29,840 --> 01:23:30,840
No.

1182
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:34,320
Just ridiculous, wasn't it?

1183
01:23:40,520 --> 01:23:41,840
Ben is a hero.

1184
01:23:44,680 --> 01:23:48,720
It will go down as the greatest innings

1185
01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:51,240
that has ever been played
in an Ashes test match.

1186
01:24:11,920 --> 01:24:16,280
I used to say with actors,
who do you do it for?

1187
01:24:19,080 --> 01:24:22,000
Did you feel that you did it for your dad?

1188
01:24:24,840 --> 01:24:28,560
I knew how much he cared about me
and sport and me playing cricket.

1189
01:24:30,200 --> 01:24:33,960
But then when he became terminally ill,

1190
01:24:34,720 --> 01:24:36,320
everything I do is for dad.

1191
01:24:39,120 --> 01:24:40,800
And now he's not here.

1192
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:44,240
He's taken that with him.

1193
01:25:15,200 --> 01:25:17,720
When he passed away, it was like,

1194
01:25:17,800 --> 01:25:20,960
you need to find that other reason
why I played before.

1195
01:25:21,040 --> 01:25:25,000
And to be honest, unfortunately,
the moment since he's passed, I haven't...

1196
01:25:26,480 --> 01:25:27,720
got that back.

1197
01:25:28,760 --> 01:25:31,520
You can't hide behind it.
You can't help the way you feel,

1198
01:25:31,600 --> 01:25:35,280
and the more you try and compress it down,

1199
01:25:35,360 --> 01:25:37,360
the worse it's going to be. And that's...

1200
01:25:37,440 --> 01:25:39,480
what I felt like happened to me.

1201
01:25:39,560 --> 01:25:43,760
I just kept on trying to wake up
and pull your head out your ass.

1202
01:25:43,840 --> 01:25:45,360
Like crack on.

1203
01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:48,440
The worse it got.

1204
01:25:50,040 --> 01:25:53,680
How long was it before you said
anything to anyone?

1205
01:25:55,880 --> 01:26:00,160
I mean, the first time
I ever mentioned it was to, you know,

1206
01:26:00,240 --> 01:26:02,360
in Nottingham, in my hotel
when I rang Neil

1207
01:26:02,440 --> 01:26:03,880
at six o'clock in the morning.

1208
01:26:03,960 --> 01:26:08,040
That's the first time.
And that's two weeks ago?

1209
01:26:08,120 --> 01:26:11,600
How long before that have you been
experiencing some version of it

1210
01:26:11,680 --> 01:26:13,760
before you called Neil?

1211
01:26:13,840 --> 01:26:15,280
Since dad got sick.

1212
01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:17,480
There was just a real change with...

1213
01:26:17,560 --> 01:26:20,920
To me, like my training,

1214
01:26:22,160 --> 01:26:25,680
outside of my cricket stuff,
took a big hit,

1215
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:29,680
because I just didn't have the...

1216
01:26:29,760 --> 01:26:32,200
enthusiasm or the...

1217
01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:35,320
determination to go and do
that extra stuff anymore.

1218
01:26:35,400 --> 01:26:37,640
And then, you know, waking up

1219
01:26:37,720 --> 01:26:44,320
and having no energy,

1220
01:26:44,400 --> 01:26:47,080
sort of got into this mindset where

1221
01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:50,120
the only things that I could think
about cricket were negative,

1222
01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:52,480
which is shit because of
how much it's given me.

1223
01:26:52,560 --> 01:26:56,560
But even still, I'm sat here,
I'm still, like, thinking about that.

1224
01:26:56,640 --> 01:26:58,720
And it's not a nice place to be in.

1225
01:27:05,360 --> 01:27:09,920
Ben Stokes dominated
a sensational summer of English cricket.

1226
01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:12,040
Today, he hit out at the Sun Newspaper

1227
01:27:12,120 --> 01:27:15,320
for publishing a story
he described as despicable.

1228
01:27:15,400 --> 01:27:17,960
The England all-rounder
has never spoken publicly

1229
01:27:18,040 --> 01:27:22,000
about the murders of his half-sister
Tracy and half-brother Andrew,

1230
01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:24,280
three years before he was born.

1231
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:29,560
The Sun has told the BBC
that the events it described

1232
01:27:29,640 --> 01:27:31,200
were a matter of public record.

1233
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:33,680
Ben Stokes' response was scathing.

1234
01:27:33,760 --> 01:27:35,680
In a statement, he wrote,

1235
01:27:35,760 --> 01:27:37,840
"I cannot conceive of anything
more immoral,

1236
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:42,320
"heartless or contemptuous to the feelings
and circumstances of my family."

1237
01:27:42,400 --> 01:27:47,640
The paper's decision to publish the story
will have grave and lifelong consequences

1238
01:27:47,720 --> 01:27:49,320
for his mother, in particular.

1239
01:27:53,120 --> 01:27:58,320
My mum recently finished off
a two-year legal battle with The Sun,

1240
01:27:58,400 --> 01:28:02,000
and the reason that that happened
was because of cricket.

1241
01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:04,560
I had a good 2019, so then the...

1242
01:28:04,640 --> 01:28:09,560
newspaper brings out an article
that opens up a lot of scars for my mum,

1243
01:28:09,640 --> 01:28:11,160
a lot of wounds.

1244
01:28:14,560 --> 01:28:20,440
My then ex-partner
and father to my two children,

1245
01:28:21,480 --> 01:28:26,960
had murdered my children
and then committed suicide.

1246
01:28:32,200 --> 01:28:36,040
The day that that, you know,
knocked on our door,

1247
01:28:36,120 --> 01:28:39,360
is a day that I will never, ever forget.

1248
01:28:41,360 --> 01:28:45,640
The only reason that somebody
would do something like this

1249
01:28:45,720 --> 01:28:48,800
was because Ben is our son.

1250
01:28:48,880 --> 01:28:53,120
And I just... I felt sick.

1251
01:28:55,960 --> 01:29:00,040
Having something
that is really nobody's business,

1252
01:29:00,120 --> 01:29:01,680
put all over the papers,

1253
01:29:02,480 --> 01:29:06,240
I was really quite frightened
about what would happen.

1254
01:29:09,120 --> 01:29:16,040
We didn't go to court, but The Sun
had a copy of my victim impact statement.

1255
01:29:17,800 --> 01:29:20,720
I would have read it quite happily
in open court.

1256
01:29:22,960 --> 01:29:29,200
So, I sent it to him,
and he couldn't finish it.

1257
01:29:29,280 --> 01:29:30,880
He couldn't finish reading it.

1258
01:29:33,720 --> 01:29:36,960
Having to read her victim impact
statement of that article

1259
01:29:37,040 --> 01:29:39,200
was the last nail on the coffin for me.

1260
01:29:41,640 --> 01:29:46,840
I've never asked fully
about that whole night,

1261
01:29:46,920 --> 01:29:49,160
and don't think I ever will.

1262
01:29:49,240 --> 01:29:51,880
But, yeah, having to read what

1263
01:29:53,400 --> 01:29:57,200
memories it brought back for her,
from that article was very tough.

1264
01:29:57,280 --> 01:29:58,800
Made me feel sick.

1265
01:30:03,720 --> 01:30:06,920
This is a sort of list, a litany.

1266
01:30:07,000 --> 01:30:12,000
Your dad has died, your mum has been
through an incredibly stressful period,

1267
01:30:12,080 --> 01:30:15,680
Bristol, global pandemic...

1268
01:30:17,040 --> 01:30:21,240
I think anyone is gonna think
it's an incredibly stressful period.

1269
01:30:21,320 --> 01:30:24,320
And I think that one thing is,
it's very clear, in a way,

1270
01:30:24,400 --> 01:30:27,560
all the different things
that have gone into it.

1271
01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:29,240
Well, I know I've got to, like, you know,

1272
01:30:29,320 --> 01:30:32,280
talk to people,
and stuff like that, and...

1273
01:30:32,360 --> 01:30:33,480
And...

1274
01:30:34,320 --> 01:30:39,040
That's one thing that I've
never been is a... is a talker.

1275
01:30:39,120 --> 01:30:41,160
I had a chat with my mum about a week ago,

1276
01:30:41,240 --> 01:30:44,320
and she was like, in the 30 years
that you've been on this earth,

1277
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:46,640
we've never had a conversation
like this before.

1278
01:30:46,720 --> 01:30:50,520
Even the fact that we're sat here
talking about all this kind of stuff is,

1279
01:30:50,600 --> 01:30:54,240
as a mum, I know that some things aren't
quite right with you at the moment.

1280
01:30:56,840 --> 01:31:00,320
When he will return to the crease
is uncertain.

1281
01:31:00,400 --> 01:31:04,360
The England and Wales cricket board
confirmed he's taking an indefinite break

1282
01:31:04,440 --> 01:31:07,160
from all cricket, with immediate effect.

1283
01:31:09,440 --> 01:31:12,240
I just needed to be on the end
of the phone and be his mum.

1284
01:31:12,320 --> 01:31:13,680
That was my job.

1285
01:31:16,200 --> 01:31:18,560
I wasn't surprised.

1286
01:31:18,640 --> 01:31:22,160
Something had to give, and I was...

1287
01:31:22,800 --> 01:31:25,720
incredibly proud of him.

1288
01:31:28,640 --> 01:31:30,680
Why did you feel...

1289
01:31:32,160 --> 01:31:33,200
You...

1290
01:31:34,440 --> 01:31:38,040
You felt responsible because you felt,
if I weren't famous,

1291
01:31:38,120 --> 01:31:40,400
then nobody would be interested
in reading this in print.

1292
01:31:40,480 --> 01:31:43,240
-It would just be--
-It wouldn't even have came out.

1293
01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:47,160
No, of course.
But it's not your fault that it happened.

1294
01:32:11,560 --> 01:32:13,120
The things that happened to him.

1295
01:32:15,200 --> 01:32:16,600
Some incredible highs.

1296
01:32:18,440 --> 01:32:19,880
Some really tough moments.

1297
01:32:22,960 --> 01:32:25,480
Now, when you look back,
you see that pressure cooker.

1298
01:32:27,360 --> 01:32:29,680
But if there's anyone out there
that you thought

1299
01:32:29,760 --> 01:32:32,640
would be able to handle everything
that's happening to them,

1300
01:32:32,720 --> 01:32:34,040
it would be Ben.

1301
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:38,680
He rang me up early one morning.

1302
01:32:45,480 --> 01:32:47,280
He was...

1303
01:32:47,360 --> 01:32:49,600
Sorry, it's difficult to

1304
01:32:50,160 --> 01:32:53,160
take myself back.
I remember being really...

1305
01:32:53,240 --> 01:32:55,440
I found it
a really difficult conversation.

1306
01:32:56,480 --> 01:33:00,160
It was important to him,
to show people that this can happen

1307
01:33:00,240 --> 01:33:03,960
to someone that can be
perceived as invincible.

1308
01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:12,000
I spent a lot of time with Stokesy
during his break.

1309
01:33:13,280 --> 01:33:15,400
I never once asked him about cricket.

1310
01:33:18,080 --> 01:33:21,080
And never did he once
mention cricket to me.

1311
01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:28,600
Honestly, I could have seen him
never playing again.

1312
01:33:39,720 --> 01:33:45,400
When Ben lost his love for the game,
I never truly believed

1313
01:33:45,480 --> 01:33:49,040
that he wouldn't play cricket again.

1314
01:33:49,120 --> 01:33:54,120
The love of the sport he has is so big,

1315
01:33:56,880 --> 01:33:58,840
he wants to keep the fight up.

1316
01:34:06,480 --> 01:34:09,960
Obviously, I took some time out.
Three months since taking that break,

1317
01:34:10,040 --> 01:34:15,400
and I never spoke
about this kind of stuff, really.

1318
01:34:16,760 --> 01:34:18,560
I was catastrophizing quite badly.

1319
01:34:19,440 --> 01:34:22,360
Never thought I'd be on medication
to help me with that kind of stuff.

1320
01:34:22,440 --> 01:34:26,120
But I'm not embarrassed
or ashamed to say it,

1321
01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:29,800
'cause I needed the help at the time.

1322
01:34:29,880 --> 01:34:34,120
Now the anxiety, I don't even
feel it happen anymore.

1323
01:34:37,760 --> 01:34:39,400
Can I see what you got me?

1324
01:34:44,640 --> 01:34:48,520
Since the second surgery,
that has been a game changer.

1325
01:34:48,600 --> 01:34:50,720
He's just been in such a better mood.

1326
01:34:51,560 --> 01:34:53,000
Let's have a look dude...

1327
01:34:55,440 --> 01:35:02,360
Thank God we're seeing a bit more of
an end of this now, some positive news.

1328
01:35:03,480 --> 01:35:05,120
I've already got this one!

1329
01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:06,520
-Have you?
-Yeah!

1330
01:35:06,600 --> 01:35:08,000
Now you got two!

1331
01:35:16,360 --> 01:35:20,680
I've been having sessions with the doctor,
from all the mental side of things,

1332
01:35:20,760 --> 01:35:22,920
and he did say that,

1333
01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:25,640
there will be something
that will pull you back.

1334
01:35:25,720 --> 01:35:28,920
Not sure what it is,
but we will when it happens.

1335
01:35:35,760 --> 01:35:40,480
That feeling I had when the surgeon
took my screws out of my finger,

1336
01:35:40,560 --> 01:35:43,600
and showed me how much freer
my finger was moving,

1337
01:35:43,680 --> 01:35:47,080
was a huge... huge moment for me.

1338
01:35:51,520 --> 01:35:54,640
It was almost like a spark
had been reignited within me.

1339
01:35:54,720 --> 01:35:57,640
I just couldn't wait to get back
and test it all out.

1340
01:35:57,720 --> 01:36:00,520
When I first started hitting balls,
and I was pain free,

1341
01:36:00,600 --> 01:36:03,480
and I was just, you know,
I felt like a little kid again.

1342
01:36:11,920 --> 01:36:15,280
This is a sort of list, a litany.

1343
01:36:18,040 --> 01:36:22,920
Your dad's died, Bristol,
global pandemic...

1344
01:36:24,320 --> 01:36:28,840
I think anyone is going to think,
it's an incredibly stressful period.

1345
01:36:32,600 --> 01:36:36,760
Sitting down and watching me do that.

1346
01:36:36,840 --> 01:36:40,480
That was a real eye opener as to
how fucked things were for me back then.

1347
01:36:44,840 --> 01:36:46,720
I noticed how emotionless I was.

1348
01:36:48,440 --> 01:36:51,800
I couldn't really remember much
about what I was saying.

1349
01:36:55,240 --> 01:36:58,680
Every time Sam was asking me a question,

1350
01:36:58,760 --> 01:37:00,920
I was like, I wonder what I said to this.

1351
01:37:03,440 --> 01:37:05,560
Never seen myself like that before.

1352
01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:11,160
Good. We'll have a little break there,
for a cup of coffee.

1353
01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:24,320
I've gone through that.

1354
01:37:27,320 --> 01:37:29,000
I'm not out on the other side yet.

1355
01:37:31,560 --> 01:37:37,400
But to be able to manage it every day,
I see that as a huge accomplishment.

1356
01:37:41,160 --> 01:37:44,800
I'm sure that the groundsman's too keen.

1357
01:37:46,720 --> 01:37:49,480
Now I understand
what it's like being filmed.

1358
01:37:49,560 --> 01:37:51,280
Should I hit it over the club house?

1359
01:37:51,360 --> 01:37:53,800
-Go on then.
-I did that plenty of times as a kid.

1360
01:37:55,960 --> 01:37:57,080
Horrible.

1361
01:37:58,480 --> 01:38:00,800
Never put your boxer
in your real underpants.

1362
01:38:05,720 --> 01:38:07,800
There's a quote that I'm fond of.

1363
01:38:08,760 --> 01:38:11,080
I've used it about what I do for a living.

1364
01:38:14,480 --> 01:38:18,640
A man's work is nothing more or less,

1365
01:38:18,720 --> 01:38:21,960
than the slow trek to rediscover

1366
01:38:23,760 --> 01:38:25,640
those great and simple images,

1367
01:38:28,520 --> 01:38:31,280
in the presence of which
his heart first opened.

1368
01:38:35,640 --> 01:38:37,560
-No idea what you just said.
-Yeah.

1369
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:49,640
The experiences that Ben has had,

1370
01:38:49,720 --> 01:38:54,600
they are written into speeches
by counties,

1371
01:38:54,680 --> 01:38:56,800
speeches by the ECB.

1372
01:38:58,920 --> 01:39:03,640
People hear about the trials
and tribulations of Ben.

1373
01:39:03,720 --> 01:39:08,280
The way that he has come back
from adversity, on numerous occasions.

1374
01:39:10,640 --> 01:39:14,240
He's learnt lessons along the way.

1375
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:18,560
The cricketing world
needs the likes of Ben Stokes,

1376
01:39:18,640 --> 01:39:21,000
to play the game the way he does,

1377
01:39:21,080 --> 01:39:25,200
to attract people to come into our game.

1378
01:39:26,280 --> 01:39:28,440
Ben Stokes has been named
as the new captain

1379
01:39:28,520 --> 01:39:30,480
of the England men's test cricket team...

1380
01:39:30,560 --> 01:39:34,400
Ben Stokes is the new captain
of the England men's cricket team.

1381
01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:37,280
Ben, congratulations. And how does it
feel to be the England captain?

1382
01:39:39,280 --> 01:39:40,280
Sorry.

1383
01:39:41,080 --> 01:39:43,000
-How are you?
-Congratulations.

1384
01:39:43,080 --> 01:39:44,240
Hello, Ben.

1385
01:39:47,280 --> 01:39:51,920
There's always a negative feeling
around mental health,

1386
01:39:52,000 --> 01:39:55,320
but I see it as a positive that

1387
01:39:55,400 --> 01:39:56,640
me being in this role now,

1388
01:39:56,760 --> 01:40:00,240
having gone through what I went through
last summer, and even before that,

1389
01:40:00,320 --> 01:40:03,480
I've got a huge amount of experience
in what the game and what life

1390
01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:05,200
can throw at you.

1391
01:40:05,280 --> 01:40:07,560
The start of a new era.

1392
01:40:07,640 --> 01:40:09,360
He's going to be a wonderful leader.

1393
01:40:09,440 --> 01:40:12,480
He's going to be a leader
where guys will go with him.

1394
01:40:12,560 --> 01:40:14,040
This is our team and we're the ones

1395
01:40:14,120 --> 01:40:16,840
who are going to dictate
what happens in this dressing room.

1396
01:40:18,400 --> 01:40:22,040
Hammering it away.
It's the victory of the series for Stokes

1397
01:40:22,120 --> 01:40:24,640
as the new England captain.

1398
01:40:33,520 --> 01:40:35,760
I'm a full man, as a phoenix.

1399
01:40:44,320 --> 01:40:46,960
The saying of the phoenix
rising out of the ashes,

1400
01:40:49,960 --> 01:40:54,280
was pretty much perfect for me.

1401
01:41:08,760 --> 01:41:12,080
This isn't just a meaningful
or a bad night on the cricket field.

1402
01:41:15,520 --> 01:41:19,840
It represents a lot of stuff
I've had to rise out of the ashes from.

1403
01:41:30,200 --> 01:41:32,200
Life throws so many things at you.

1404
01:41:37,120 --> 01:41:41,480
You've just got to try your best
to overcome that.

1405
01:41:51,440 --> 01:41:52,800
There's light on the other side.