Ben Stokes ‘not too fussed’ about record with focus on new England clarity

Ben Stokes: ‘I didn’t know it was a record until the Tannoy announced it – then I got out next ball.’ Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Ben Stokes insisted he was “not too fussed” about chasing individual records after he rocketed to the top of England’s all-time one-day international charts with an innings of 182 as England thrashed New Zealand by 181 runs.

Stokes’s total beat the previous record, set by Jason Roy in 2018, by two runs but he said that not only was he not aiming for that mark, he had no idea what it was.