<p>England's Ben Stokes has announced he will retire from one-day international cricket after Tuesday's match against South Africa on his Durham home ground.</p>.<p>The all-rounder, 31, said playing three international formats -- Twenty20, 50-over ODIs and Tests -- was now "unsustainable".</p>.<p>Stokes, who captain's the England Test team, will take the field at Chester-le-Street against South Africa in the first of three ODIs.</p>.<p>Stokes, who has scored 2,919 runs and taken 74 wickets in the format, said in a social media post it had been an "incredibly tough decision to make".</p>.<p>"As hard as a decision as this was to come to, it's not as hard dealing with the fact I can't give my teammates 100 percent of myself in this format anymore," he said. "The England shirt deserves nothing less from anyone who wears it.</p>.<p>"Three formats are just unsustainable for me now.</p>.<p>"Not only do I feel that my body is letting me down because of the schedule and what is expected of us, but I also feel that I am taking the place of another player who can give (captain) Jos (Buttler) and the rest of the team their all."</p>.<p>Rob Key, managing director of men's cricket at the England and Wales Cricket Board, paid tribute to Stokes, saying: "Ben has had an incredible international career in ODI cricket, culminating in his match-winning performance at the 2019 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final".</p>
<p>England's Ben Stokes has announced he will retire from one-day international cricket after Tuesday's match against South Africa on his Durham home ground.</p>.<p>The all-rounder, 31, said playing three international formats -- Twenty20, 50-over ODIs and Tests -- was now "unsustainable".</p>.<p>Stokes, who captain's the England Test team, will take the field at Chester-le-Street against South Africa in the first of three ODIs.</p>.<p>Stokes, who has scored 2,919 runs and taken 74 wickets in the format, said in a social media post it had been an "incredibly tough decision to make".</p>.<p>"As hard as a decision as this was to come to, it's not as hard dealing with the fact I can't give my teammates 100 percent of myself in this format anymore," he said. "The England shirt deserves nothing less from anyone who wears it.</p>.<p>"Three formats are just unsustainable for me now.</p>.<p>"Not only do I feel that my body is letting me down because of the schedule and what is expected of us, but I also feel that I am taking the place of another player who can give (captain) Jos (Buttler) and the rest of the team their all."</p>.<p>Rob Key, managing director of men's cricket at the England and Wales Cricket Board, paid tribute to Stokes, saying: "Ben has had an incredible international career in ODI cricket, culminating in his match-winning performance at the 2019 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final".</p>