Stokes inspired by father's struggles during England's win
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Stokes inspired by father's struggles during England's win

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Ben Stokes was driven by a desire to make his father proud as he shrugged off injury niggles to inspire England to a dramatic final-day victory over South Africa in the second Test at Newlands. England prevailed by a comfortable-looking margin of 189 runs, but only after vice-captain Stokes - whose dad, Ged, was hospitalised in Johannesburg with a serious illness on December 23 - claimed three wickets in the last hour of play to extinguish the host's hopes of salvaging a draw. After making 47 in England's first innings, he took five catches in South Africa's reply and then gave the tourist crucial additional time to chase victory by blasting 72 from 47 balls. After his latest match-winning heroics, Stokes - the hero of his country's Cricket World Cup win and Headingley Ashes victory last year - said his father, who spent several days in intensive care following his admission to hospital, had been in his thoughts throughout.

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