Talismanic England skipper and all-rounder Ben Stokes, who redefined Test cricket in 2022, was adjudged the best in the longer format. (More Cricket News)
Since taking over as England captain, Stokes has led the team to nine wins from 10 Tests, completing series victories over New Zealand and South Africa at home, beating India in the one-off postponed Test to level the series at 2-2, and hammering Pakistan 3-0 away from home -- England's best ever margin of victory in the country.
Prior to his appointment as captain, England had been beaten in each of their four most recent completed series and had won just one of their previous 17 Tests.
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Personally, he scored 870 runs at an average of 36.25 and claimed 26 wickets at an average of 31.19.
England's scoring rate of 4.13 across 15 Tests in 2022 was the second highest in history and the most since Australia in 1910.
In the matches in which Stokes led England, the team struck at a game-changing 4.77 per over.
England's 506/4 on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan was the most runs scored by any team on the first day of a Test and it came off just 75 overs.
