Congratulations to the wonderful all-rounder, Ben Stokes, on winning the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award. His achievements this year have been amazing including being man of the match in the final Ashes Test between England and Australia, which went right down to the wire, finishing with a super over; and an unbeaten 135 in the third Ashes Test. He beat sporting royalty, including Lewis Hamilton, Dina Asher-Smith, Raheem Sterling and Katarina Johnson-Thompson, confirming how much he is admired by the British public.
Jonathan Agnew, the cricket broadcaster, said ‘English cricket is privileged to have such a talent and he is clearly somebody who can inspire the next generation. He has helped put cricket back at the forefront of the nation’s sporting consciousness’. Just brilliant – congratulations from all of us.