England’s newly appointed Check captain Ben Stokes indicated that the burden of his new management function could have no impact on his particular person all-round efficiency within the recreation. Given the performances of former all-rounder captains Andrew Flintoff and Sir Ian Botham all through their particular person command intervals, the prolific all-rounder argued that the media elevating questions on his captaincy may have an effect on his recreation.
Stokes was just lately appointed because the captain of the English Check Staff as he succeeded Joe Root to turn out to be the 81st captain of the England Males’s Check Staff. Stokes said that folks have been evaluating him to Andrew Flintoff and Sir Ian Botham for quite a few years and made it abundantly clear that he has by no means tried to emulate the 2 cricketing legends.
“The individuals who write that stuff are taking that from different individuals who have finished the function. I’ve needed to reside with the tag of Andrew Flintoff and Sir Ian Botham since I used to be 18. However I’ve at all times talked about that I’m by no means making an attempt to be Flintoff or Botham. I’m Ben Stokes,” he mentioned whereas talking to Sky Sports activities.
Sir Botham was named England’s Check captain in 1980 however his profession as a skipper was a fiasco, as he guided the group to 12 defeats whereas failing to win a single contest. Flintoff, then again, solely achieved two wins from 11 matches because the captain of the red-ball group, and his tenure shouldn’t be a lot appeared upon as properly.
What’s on the prime of my precedence checklist is the Check group and Check cricket going ahead: Stokes
In relation to workload administration, Stokes said that issues gained’t alter a lot since he would proceed to play the identical quantity of video games. After the group’s earlier disappointing performances within the conventional format, he believes that he’ll be capable to flip the face of the sport for his aspect because the captain.
“The workload shouldn’t be going to extend as a result of I’ll nonetheless be enjoying the identical quantity of cricket. What’s on the prime of my precedence checklist is the Check group and Check cricket going ahead. There will likely be conversations to have with the likes of Rob (Key) and Eoin Morgan. There’s some potential time to have a while off and prepare. I do know I’ve obtained an enormous function right here in getting this Check group again to profitable methods. I’ll be placing all of my effort and power into doing that,” he added.
