<p class="title">England all-rounder Ben Stokes felt very emotional yet satisfied after his brilliance helped secure a one-day international series-levelling victory against New Zealand on Wednesday in his second game back since being charged with affray.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last September's incident in Bristol and the legal process that followed kept the 26-year-old out of England's unsuccessful Ashes tour of Australia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stokes pled not guilty at a court appearance last month and made his long-awaited comeback at Hamilton on Sunday, scoring 12 and claiming a couple of wickets as New Zealand won the first of five one-dayers by three wickets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was very satisfying for me. I was quite emotional walking off there at the end," Stokes said after his key contributions to England's six-wicket win at Mount Maunganui. "Even walking on the field the first time and walking off tonight made me understand how much of a privilege it is to represent your country. It was a different feeling to what it is normally but it was a great feeling to be walking off there."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stokes claimed 2-42 before returning to hit 63 not out to help England level the series ahead of Saturday's third ODI in Wellington.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've been working hard at home making sure that when the opportunity came again to represent England I wasn't going to let anyone down," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Obviously it's been a long time. Hopefully, now this is a stepping stone on the road to trying to keep on helping England win games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We've got a massive summer ahead and the World Cup coming up after that as well, so hopefully this is just the start of it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was obviously frustrating to watch the Ashes. I went through all the emotions as I would have done playing but there's not a lot I can change about that now.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's what's coming up now going forward. As a cricketer, especially as an England cricketer, we've got so much cricket to play and there's a lot to look forward to and concentrate on going forward."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stokes' explosive batting, tidy bowling and superb fielding prompted Rajasthan Royals to sign him for $1.97 million for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament beginning on April 4.</p>
<p class="title">England all-rounder Ben Stokes felt very emotional yet satisfied after his brilliance helped secure a one-day international series-levelling victory against New Zealand on Wednesday in his second game back since being charged with affray.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last September's incident in Bristol and the legal process that followed kept the 26-year-old out of England's unsuccessful Ashes tour of Australia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stokes pled not guilty at a court appearance last month and made his long-awaited comeback at Hamilton on Sunday, scoring 12 and claiming a couple of wickets as New Zealand won the first of five one-dayers by three wickets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was very satisfying for me. I was quite emotional walking off there at the end," Stokes said after his key contributions to England's six-wicket win at Mount Maunganui. "Even walking on the field the first time and walking off tonight made me understand how much of a privilege it is to represent your country. It was a different feeling to what it is normally but it was a great feeling to be walking off there."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stokes claimed 2-42 before returning to hit 63 not out to help England level the series ahead of Saturday's third ODI in Wellington.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've been working hard at home making sure that when the opportunity came again to represent England I wasn't going to let anyone down," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Obviously it's been a long time. Hopefully, now this is a stepping stone on the road to trying to keep on helping England win games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We've got a massive summer ahead and the World Cup coming up after that as well, so hopefully this is just the start of it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was obviously frustrating to watch the Ashes. I went through all the emotions as I would have done playing but there's not a lot I can change about that now.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's what's coming up now going forward. As a cricketer, especially as an England cricketer, we've got so much cricket to play and there's a lot to look forward to and concentrate on going forward."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stokes' explosive batting, tidy bowling and superb fielding prompted Rajasthan Royals to sign him for $1.97 million for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament beginning on April 4.</p>