David Warner's chirps was personal motivation behind Headingley heroics, reveals Ben Stokes

The year 2019 has been a remarkable year for English all-rounder Ben Stokes as he performed two on-field miracles to rescue England out of critical situations in two different matches and that too in different formats of the game. While the first one is obviously the maiden World Cup win of England where he first forced the match into super over and then tied it as England went over the ropes on boundary count, the second time was in Headingley, a couple of weeks after his World Cup heroics, where the star all-rounder snatched the match out of Australia’s hand as England won the Test match by just one wicket.

“He just wouldn’t shut up for most of my time out there. I could accept it from just about any other opponent. Truly. Not from him, though. The changed man he was adamant he’d become, the one that hardly said boo to a goose and even went as far as claiming he had been re-nicknamed ‘Humble’ by his Australia teammates, had disappeared," Stokes added.

Stokes also went to comment that Warner’s frustration of his red ball misery after an impressive World Cup campaign is what made him so vocal on the field. As the Durham lad shared his mental dynamics during the knock, he also expressed that shaking the Aussie opener’s hand after the win gave him a great sense of satisfaction.

“Although he’d enjoyed a prolific World Cup campaign, he had struggled with the bat at the start of the Ashes and was perhaps turning to his old ways to try to get the best out of himself. The nice-guy act had done nothing for his runs column," said Stokes.

“You always shake the hands of every member of the opposing team at the end of a match. But this one would give me the greatest sense of satisfaction."