Stokes plans to bat himself at six and is hoping that prospective players that harbour aspirations of batting in England's recently frail top and middle-order will give him plenty to ponder by scoring a bulk of runs at the county level ahead of the first Test of the summer against the Kiwis at Lord's on June 2.
May 8, 2022The two ageing warhorses were strangely left out of England's three-Test tour of the Caribbean earlier this year, with selectors instead opting to give more opportunities to the next generation of seam bowlers.
May 4, 2022He succeeds right-handed batter Joe Root, who resigned from the role in April this year, in becoming the 81st captain of the England men's Test team.
April 28, 2022A report in iNews said that England men's cricket's new managing director, Rob Key had travelled to Durham for a "face-to-face" meeting with Stokes to "discuss the role", and that the 30-year-old all-rounder could be officially unveiled as England's new Test skipper "in the next 48 hours".
April 27, 2022Stokes has been heavily linked with the vacant England Test captain's position and has spoken about the role as well following his friend and teammate's decision to step down
April 23, 2022Eoin Morgan, who played a Test match in February 2012 against Pakistan at Dubai, has backed Stokes to take the role of captaining England in the longest format of the game.
April 22, 2022Stokes will be the number one candidate for the responsibility as he is already the vice captain of the team and is a regular starter in the side when fit.
April 16, 2022After facing disappointments during the Ashes and the three-match series against the West Indies, England Test cricket captain Joe Root has decided to step down as captain of the England Test side on Friday after a long captaincy period of five years.
April 15, 2022Root had previously said that he would have to sacrifice IPL for England and Test cricket, but the absence of Stokes, Archer, Starc, Woakes, and Gayle was a bit surprising.
January 22, 2022The tourists lost the opening Test at The Gabba by nine wickets, which was followed by a 275-run humiliation at the Adelaide Oval.
December 25, 2021"We have to be a little bit more ruthless at certain points of the game, and say: 'Right, I'm going to grab this moment and get us into that advantageous position," Joe Root.
September 7, 2021The England captain also praised his bowling attack
August 28, 2021Fifties from England's top three and the 23rd Test century from skipper Joe Root (121) at No. 4 took England to 423/8 at stumps
August 27, 2021Anderson, who has been among wickets and became the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket surpassing India's Anil Kumble
August 25, 2021Root added they don't want to follow India's mannerisms and aggression on the field. India, under Virat Kohli, tend to get under the skin of the opposition
August 23, 2021The 30-year-old England batting mainstay had on Friday gone past Graham Gooch (8900 runs) to become the second-highest run-getter for England in Test cricket history
August 14, 2021Though Root admitted that their batting failed in the first innings, he was not totally disappointed because of how things went in the second innings
August 9, 2021