Coach Matthew Mott has expressed his desire to return Ben Stokes to strengthen England’s squad for the ODI World Cup.
Stokes is the man of the World Cup
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has announced his retirement from ODIs this year.
After that, Stokes, who played only in Test and T20 matches, made the team win by hitting a half-century in the final of the World Cup.
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Although England’s Sam Curran won the man of the match award in that final against Pakistan, Stokes, who was the lion’s share of cricket, went on to become the man of the World Cup.
Preparing for the ODI World Cup
In this situation, the head coach of the England team, Matthew Mott, has expressed his wish for Stokes to return to ODI cricket.
He further said, ‘When he talked to me about retiring from ODI cricket, the first thing I said was that I support whatever decision he takes. But I told him, you don’t need to retire. I asked him to reconsider today.
He will make his own decisions. He will always be there to do what is right for English cricket. It was part of his decision to retire from ODI cricket. We want the best for the whole system of England.
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It’s going to be a World Cup year and we won’t be playing much T20 cricket for a while, but it depends on him. The more you can get him, the bigger. He is doing a wonderful job with Test captaincy. But he will be a big wheel when he comes back to ODI cricket.
I think we have a lot of players who can do extraordinary things, but you know Stokes is one such player. If he is there, we can win’.
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Stokes retired from ODI cricket citing the workload of playing all three forms of cricket.
It is noteworthy that 31-year-old Ben Stokes is performing well as the captain of the England Test team.