in 1993 and since 2000 has anchored the fortnight s broadcast. the decision brings to an end barker s career at the bbc, in which she has also presented the olympic games and sports personality of the year. she says, i will miss it terribly, but after 30 years, i feel the time is right for me. i ve worked with the best of the best. that s all from sportsday. a quick reminder of our top story, the inaugural liv series got under way today in heart for sure and that saudi arabia and break away to work with the pga tour responding by suspending 17 members who were playing at that event and much more on the reaction to that on the website but for me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now.
he was cleared of affray in 2018 after the brawl in bristol. there was his monumental innings to beat australia the following summer at headingley. ben stokes. he was sports personality of the year. stokes is unquestionably england s best all round cricketer, but is being captain too, too much? well, here s a man who led england in 32 test matches. originally i would have said that ben is so important to the team just as a figure, as a presence in that dressing room. i think now there are two things. one, he is more mature, and i know he s had problems in the last couple of years and hopefully, we all hope he s through those completely. he s done thejob in bits and pieces. he s done it temporarily before. he s captained the one day side. and he s looked good doing it. so i think and hope he s ready for it. each cricket generation produces a charismatic all rounder. ian botham was captain briefly didn t work. the same goes for andrew flintoff. free spirits can be
mentioned his statistics, those emphasise how important he is to england as an all round cricketer. thinking back five years to when he was suspended by england following the incident in bristol, he went on to have the court case, found not guilty of affray. hard to imagine him then as england captain. subsequently amazing innings in summer 2019 and subsequently amazing innings in summer2019 and in subsequently amazing innings in summer 2019 and in particular, sports personality of the year. last summer, we heard he was taking an indefinite breakfrom cricket summer, we heard he was taking an indefinite break from cricket to restore his physical and mental well being. he did that, came back over the winter. england will hope that when ben stokes feels he is ready to be captain he absolutely is because, let s be clear, they need him more than ever. him more than ever. what kind of ca tain him more than ever. what kind of captain do him more than ever. what kind of captain do you him
silverstone was a turning point. hungary was chaotic. in italy, the pair needed to be separated once more. the rivalry was boiling over. there was nothing to prepare fans for what followed. allowed verstappen to co ntroversially ta ke the reins and the title. the amazing season deserved an amazing ending. this will live long in their memory. the arguments will go on perhaps just as long. few could really disagree with the bbc s sports personality of the year. emma raducanu. having created history in 2021, it was perhaps in keeping with the last 12 months of emma raducanu receiving her award and covid isolation. this extraordinary sporting year ending rather like it began.