England cricket hero Ben Stokes has pledged his allegiance to Tottenham Hotspur after receiving a shirt sent by the club.
Stokes was the mainstay in England's remarkable run chase in the third Ashes test last week, scoring 135 not out in order to draw the scores level at 1-1 and keeping England's hopes of getting their hands back on the urn alive going into the fourth test.
Ahead of the North London Derby the all-rounder took to social media to announce his support for Mauricio Pochettino's men.
"Never supported a club, always wanted to but never loved football enough really," he wrote.
"My first ever football top was actually a Tottenham one, it was the blue and yellow kit with Thomson on the front. But after getting sent this I guess I’m now officially a Spurs fan."
The tweet included a picture of a personalised shirt sent to the cricketer by Spurs.
From one England player to another, Harry Kane responded to the announcement showing his approval at the choice.
"Good choice!" The Three Lions captain tweeted. "Good luck for the rest of the Ashes and you’d be more than welcome to a game once the series is finished."
Judging by his follow up tweet, Stokes is enjoying his short time as a Spurs fan, tweeting: "Being a Tottenham fan is hard work, well for all 4 hours of it so far,had some extremely hilarious tweets though I’m not gonna lie."
With his new found support for Tottenham, Stokes will have some introduction to being a Spurs fan, the first game being the North London Derby against Arsenal on Sunday. A match for which the cricketer may take some time out of his preparation for the Ashes test in order to watch.
Spurs fans will be able to watch their fellow supporter in action for England when the fourth test match gets underway on Wednesday 4th September.
