Mitchell Stokes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1987
Place of Birth: Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Mitchell Stokes
- Mitchell Sam Thomas Stokes (born 27 March 1987) is an English cricketer.
- Stokes is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break.
- He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. During his schooling years, he was educated at Cranbourne School, before progressing to Basingstoke College of Technology.
- Having progressed through the youth system at Hampshire, Stokes represented England Under-19's in youth Test and One Day International matches during the 2004/05 tour to India and Malaysia.In the 2005 season, Stokes made his first XI debut for Hampshire after spending a number of seasons in the Second XI.
- His first team debut came against Sussex in the 2005 Twenty20 Cup.
- Stokes played 14 Twenty20 matches for Hampshire from 2005 to 2006, playing his final match in that format against Middlesex in the 2006 competition.
- In the 2006 competition, he became at the time the youngest person to score a Twenty20 half century when he scored 62 against Middlesex in 2006, sharing in a partnership of 122 with Michael Carberry for the 1st wicket, which as of the 2010 season remains a Hampshire record partnership for that wicket.On 20 August 2006 he made his List A debut for Hampshire in a tour match against West Indies A.
- During the match he scored 36 runs off just 18 balls and bowled 4 overs in Hampshire's 62-run win.
- Stokes played 3 further List A matches in 2006 and one further match in 2007, which came against Essex in the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy; this was Stokes' final List A appearance.After failing to break into the first XI, Stokes was released by Hampshire at the end of the 2007 season.
- Prior to making his first team debut for Hampshire, Stokes had played Minor counties cricket for Berkshire.
- Making his debut for the county in 2005, he played for them until 2008 in the Minor Counties Championship and until 2009 in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
- In 2010, he joined Wiltshire, making his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cornwall, as well as playing for them in the Minor Counties Championship.
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