England skipper Alastair Cook has highlighted the impact Ben Stokes had on the side's dramatic 124-run victory against New Zealand in the Lord's Test.
Stokes, who performed exceptionally well with both bat and ball, has been praised by the entire English cricket fraternity.
Cook said that Stokes played an innings that he had never seen before, and added that they need to back him up so that he turns out to be tremendous cricketer for England, Sport24 reported.
Cook and Stokes, who shared an invaluable 164-run stand when the host were 134 runs behind in the first innings, helped England to set a 345-run target for the Black Caps on the final day of the test match.
During the course of the partnership, Stokes scored the fastest century at Lord's, completing the feat in just 85 balls.
The target, however, proved too much for New Zealand as they initially collapsed to 12-3. Then, Stokes struck twice in two balls to reduce the tourists to 61 for five as the seamer picked up the priced wickets of Kane Williamson and Kiwi skipper Brendon McCullum.
Stokes, after receiving the Man of the Match award, said that the hundred was more of a "fluke", insisting that the whole match was amazing.
