The 30-year-old made his Test debut in Adelaide during England's 2013/14 Ashes tour of Australia, scoring his first Test hundred in only his second game, a magnificent second-innings 120 on a wearing WACA pitch in Perth. Stokes has been capped 79 times by England at Test level, scoring 5,061 runs at an average of 35.89, as well as taking 174 wickets at 32.12 apiece Stokes' England successes in Test cricket That loss marked Root's final game in charge with Stokes now given the responsibility of reviving the Test team's fortunes. Stokes then struck a superb 11th Test ton in the second Test against West Indies but that was his only knock of note as England lost the series by dint of a 10-wicket defeat in the final game in Grenada. He missed England's run to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates but returned for the Ashes tour, scoring 236 runs, including two fifties, and taking four wickets across five Tests. Stokes took a four-month break from cricket in 2021 in order to prioritise his mental wellbeing and rehab a finger injury he sustained while playing for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League earlier that year. The all-rounder also skippered England to a 3-0 ODI series win over Pakistan at home last summer having taken the reins after a Covid-19 outbreak forced the hosts to select an entirely new squad. Stokes captained England for one Test in the summer of 2020, a four-wicket defeat to West Indies at The Ageas Bowl, while Root was on paternity leave.īen Stokes takes over from Joe Root as captain of the England men's Test team "He cares deeply and passionately about what it means to represent England and he will lead us into a new era with great pride," Harrison added.Įngland have advertised for split head coaches with one person to coach the Test side and another to take charge of one-day international and T20 international cricket. Tom Harrison, ECB chief executive officer spoke of his "delight" at Stokes becoming England's new Test captain, hailing it as "another great achievement in his extraordinary career in an England shirt." The 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia over the winter cost head coach Chris Silverwood and managing director Ashley Giles their jobs, while Root quit as skipper weeks after the 1-0 series loss in the West Indies in March. Stokes' first game in charge will be the opening Test against New Zealand at Lord's from June 2, the first game in a three-match series against the Black Caps which continues at Trent Bridge from June 10 and concludes at Clean Slate Headingley from June 23.Įngland also face India and South Africa in Test cricket this summer with Stokes, who served as Root's vice-captain, looking to correct a poor run of results that has seen the Test side lose 11 and win one of their last 17 games. Former England bowler Graham Onions reveals what the new England captain Ben Stokes is like as a team-mate and leader.
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