Ben Stokes FAVOURITE for BBC Sports Personality of the Year after World Cup heroics
Daily MailBen Stokes is now the favourite to win BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award after leading England to a historic World Cup. Ben Stokes is now the favourite to win BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award Stokes was Man of the Match as England were crowned the World Cup champions on Sunday New Zealand could only manage to score the equivalent, giving England the victory as they had registered more boundaries during their innings. Stokes hit a superb unbeaten 84 before helping England make 15 runs in the super over Jofra Archer kept his cool with the ball to make sure England would emerge the victors SPOTY WINNER ODDS Ben Stokes - 2/1 Lewis Hamilton - 7/1 Raheem Sterling - 11/1 Dina Asher-Smith - 12/1 Geraint Thomas - 16/1 Joe Root - 20/1 Eoin Morgan - 20/1 Jofra Archer - 33/1 Few would have envisioned that just 11 months after he was acquitted of affray, Stokes would be an England hero. He missed out on an Ashes tour due to his court case and returned to fold in Test against India Fast forward almost a year, and Stokes is now an England hero after shining in World Cup final Stokes proved he had the mettle to handle the occasion, hitting 14 off the final over to set up an incredible finish.