England's Cricket World Cup hero Ben Stokes admits he never wants to bat in a 'super over' again, after the nail-biting World Cup final win over the Blackcaps at Lord's.
The final went to a super over, after both sides scored 241 from their 50 overs and with the scores still even after the extra over, England were declared winners, because they scored more boundaries.
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Stokes, who was named Man of the Match, scored an unbeaten 84 to help England match New Zealand's score. Then, the Christchurch-born all-rounder scored eight of his team's 15 runs in the extra over.
Speaking to ITV's Good Morning Britain, Stokes said he was surprised England captain Eoin Morgan asked him to bat the super over.
"I had to go back into the shower room and give myself five minutes," Stokes said.
"I said we should send Jos [Buttler] and Jason [Roy] out, but Morgs [Morgan] said we needed left and right-hand combination.
"I never want to be involved in one ever again. To go out there and have the pressure on you batting first, to get as many runs as you can, it is a scary place to be, especially in a World Cup final.
"It's not one of the things I ever want to be involved in again, just because of the stress."
Stokes also praised bowler Jofra Archer's super-over display, restricting the Blackcaps to 15 runs with the match on the line.
"I know exactly how he would have been feeling in that moment. I just said, 'Whatever happens here, this isn't going to define your career'.
"Obviously, how he did it has, because he defended a super over and won England the World Cup.
"But I was more coming from a point of view of if it doesn't go well, because I know what it's like to go through things like that."
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