Ben Stokes was “emotional” on the back of his man-of-the-match performance against New Zealand in the second ODI in Mount Maunganui.
Stokes hit an unbeaten 63 in England’s chase of 224, after taking two wickets and contributing to two run-outs in his second outing since returning to England duty.
“It was a great feeling to be walking off the field there at the end not out, especially after a really commanding performance from the team.
“We’ve got a massive summer ahead and the World Cup coming up after that as well so, hopefully, this is just the start of it.”
Stokes also spoke of his frustration at having to watch the Ashes on TV rather than playing a full part, thanks to the incident in Bristol last September.
“The day after the first game I was a little bit sore and to be honest I was really stiff coming back for my second spell today.
“There’s nothing like match overs. You try to replicate everything you can in training but it’s that extra adrenalin you get playing and that extra intensity does have an effect on the body when you haven’t had it for a while. The body’s feeling a lot better than it did after the first game.”
