Ben Stokes set the record for the highest individual scores for England in ODI cricket against New Zealand yesterday. He broke teammate Jason Roy's record. Stokes said he apologized to Roy after the match.

Stokes doesn't spend much time thinking about records and admitted he didn't know this until it was publicized. In addition, he admitted that, despite Roy's congratulations, he apologized to him in the dressing room after the game.

"I apologized to Jason [Roy] upstairs. He said 'well done' and I said 'sorry'. I don't think there was too much to it. He'll be pretty happy he's seen one of his teammates, who he's played a lot of cricket with, take that off him. But individual stuff like that I'm not too fussed about. I didn't really know I'd done it until the bloke on the tannoy started announcing it and then I got out next ball. It was his fault!" Stokes said after the match.

New Zealand were bowled out for 187 in 39 overs despite Stokes's positive batting experience on the surface. The England all-rounder acknowledged that, as the game progressed, batting conditions became more challenging.

“It was a good wicket. I think the conditions actually changed once the lights came on. I thought the ball was offering a lot. It was pretty obvious by the way that Woakesy and Topley bowled at the top. We spoke about putting New Zealand under a bit more pressure that we did in the first two games especially at the top,” he added.