No one who witnessed it will need any reminding of what took place and there are plenty of highlights packages around, but it is well worth reading Stokes’ account which is concerned not so much with what happened but what his thinking was as that unforgettable victory approached. Stokes added that "hopefully this donation can go towards the rebuilding of areas of Pakistan most affected by the flooding".

Though i find it quite odd that cricketers who are currently playing pen their autobiographies , i quite enjoyed this book by Ben Stokes.

He made his debut for Durham CCC in 2009, and just two years later pulled on an England shirt for the first time.

In England's first innings of the second test in Cape Town, Stokes arrived at the crease with England 167–4, facing a hat-trick ball from Kagiso Rabada. In February 2023, he set a new record for the total number of sixes hit in a Test career, surpassing the previous tally of 107 set by his coach at the time, Brendon McCullum.

Knowing that the writing in On Fire was the responsibility of the same collaborator, Richard Gibson, and given that by any standards the summer enjoyed by both England and Stokes this year was a remarkable one, I decided that On Fire was worth a look.