Who are Ben Stokes wife and kids - Cricketer slams cruel robbers who terrified his family

England cricket Captain Ben Stokes has revealed his household location was breached into by a masked pack - but who are his woman and kids who were determination astatine the time?

England cricket skipper Ben Stokes is successful the spotlight a batch owed to his vocation – which has seen him triumph 2 World Cups and onshore himself an OBE.

Away from the cricket pitch, 1 of the sport's all-time greats lives a quiescent beingness successful County Durham with his woman and their 2 children.

But past nighttime the 33-year-old revealed the daze quality his location was burgled by a masked gang – who struck portion helium was playing successful a Test circuit successful Pakistan. Worst of all, his woman and kids were successful astatine the time.

Though the household came to 'no carnal harm', successful the raid – which saw a fig of jewellery and sentimental items stolen – Ben said it's had an 'impact connected their affectional and intelligence state'. And helium dreads to deliberation 'how overmuch worse the concern could person been.'

As helium launches an entreaty to find the pack who did this to his family, we look astatine Ben's beingness with his woman Clare and their 2 children Layton and Libby.

Who is Ben Stokes wife?

Clare Stokes, nee Ratcliffe, is Ben's puerility sweetheart.

Also, 33, the brace person been unneurotic since August 2010, aft gathering erstwhile they were conscionable 19.

It was reportedly during a Lancashire v Durham crippled astatine Old Trafford that the mates archetypal crossed each other's paths.

At the clip Ben was astatine the opening of his vocation – but it's said to person been teacher Clare that made the archetypal determination erstwhile she sent him a person petition connected Facebook.

Five months later, they utilized the aforesaid societal media level to marque their narration official, but were agelong region astatine archetypal arsenic Clare was studying successful Somerset - wherever she is from - and Ben was surviving successful County Durham, wherever they unrecorded now.

Young dada with 2 kids

Both Ben and Clare were conscionable 21 erstwhile they welcomed their archetypal child, a lad called Layton successful 2012.

As good arsenic a 12-year-old son, the mates are besides parents to nine-year-old girl Libby, who was calved successful 2015.

Speaking astir becoming a young dad, Ben told the Daily Mail astatine the time: 'It has changed maine being a dada due to the fact that erstwhile you person a babe and you're lone 22, that brings a batch of work with it.

'I inactive deliberation I americium a spot of a lad but determination were conscionable a fewer things successful my beingness that needed a spot of attraction and I've attended to them now.'

Sweet wedding with celebrated impermanent list

After 2 babies, a agelong engagement – Ben popped the question successful 2013 – and years of surviving together, Ben and Clare yet tied the knot successful a saccharine ceremonial successful Somerset successful 2017.

They announced their blessed quality successful a section Somerset paper – and celebrated cricket pals similar Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook and Joe Root attended the wedding.

Sharing a drawback from their large time connected Instagram successful 2020, Clare wrote: "3 years... however did I get truthful fortunate @stokesy”.

Ben is besides not shy of publically declaring his emotion for his wife, posting connected societal media the twelvemonth before: 'Happy 2nd Anniversary to this implicit babe @clarey11, clip flies erstwhile you're having fun...love you loads.'

'Cricket widow and genitor to 2 monsters'

Clare took Ben's surname and has antecedently described herself arsenic a 'cricket widow' and a 'parent to 2 monsters'.

The household besides person 2 dogs, called Sampson and Shelby, according to their societal media accounts.

Though Clare worked arsenic a superior schoolhouse teacher, she seems to beryllium a devoted mum these days.

As Ben tries to support his household aft their terrifying ordeal, helium said successful a connection connected societal media: "On the evening of Thursday 17th October a fig of masked radical burgled my location successful the Castle Eden country successful the North East. They escaped with jewellery, different valuables and a bully woody of idiosyncratic items.

"Many of those items person existent sentimental worth for maine and my family. They are irreplaceable. This is an entreaty for immoderate assistance successful uncovering these radical who carried retired this act. By acold the worst happening astir this transgression is that it was carried retired whilst my woman and 2 young children were successful the house.

"Thankfully, nary of my household came to immoderate carnal harm. Understandably, however, the acquisition has had an interaction connected their affectional and intelligence state. All we tin deliberation astir is however overmuch worse this concern could person been.

"I americium releasing photographs of immoderate of the stolen items - which I anticipation whitethorn beryllium easy identified - successful the anticipation that we tin find the radical who are liable for this. Although we person mislaid cherished possessions, to beryllium clear, my sole information successful sharing these photographs is not the betterment of worldly items.

"It is to drawback the radical who did this. Please travel guardant and interaction Durham Constabulary connected 101 quoting transgression notation CRI00575927 if you deliberation that you person immoderate applicable information. Finally, I privation to accidental convey you to the constabulary service.

"Both present and whilst I was distant successful Pakistan, their enactment for my household has been outstanding. They proceed to enactment incredibly hard successful trying to find these people."

If you person immoderate information, telephone constabulary connected 101 quoting incidental notation fig 543 of October 17 oregon Crimestoppers, anonymously connected 0800 555 111.

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