BEN STOKES showed off his bleach blond hairdo, in a nod to England footballer Phil Foden.
The 30-year-old cricket superstar revealed his new look during his debut in The Hundred for the Northern Superchargers.
It comes after Stokes’ England team-mates Jason Roy and Liam Livingstone also dyed their hair blond for England’s ODI against Pakistan.
Stokes‘ Superchargers were taking on Welsh Fire on Saturday night in the first of their game in The Hundred.
But it was his bright blond locks that caught the eye as he resembled Man City star Foden, who inspired England fans everywhere to bleach their hair when he did it before Euro 2020.
England ODI captain Eoin Morgan was quizzed before this week’s victory over Pakistan on whether he would join Stokes, Roy and Livingstone in dying his hair.
A reporter asked Morgan: “A couple of players have gone for the Phil Foden bleach blond look – any chance of you following suit?”
To which the smirking batsman replied: “Me? No!”
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The Hundred has attracted a great deal of attention since it kicked off on Wednesday.
The opening women’s match attracted a peak TV audience of 1.95 million on BBC and Sky combined.
A total of 3.8m watched for at least three minutes with 35 per cent of the viewers female. The match was streamed 180,000 times.
Sanjay Patel, managing director of the Hundred, said: “The Hundred is all about throwing cricket’s doors open for everyone.”
