England Take a look at captain Ben Stokes stated he could be prepared to return to the white-ball setup below new coach Brendon McCullum if he was requested however added that there had been no conversations about him coming again into the limited-overs squads.
McCullum’s appointment as head coach throughout all codecs got here after two years of being in-charge of the Take a look at group whereas Matthew Mott ignored the white-ball groups. Following Mott’s exit in July, McCullum was named because the all-format head coach. The Kiwi will take cost of the limited-overs sides when England tour India in January.
Stokes has been a key a part of the Take a look at squad since McCullum took cost in Could 2022 however has performed sparingly in England white-ball sides. He retired from ODIs earlier than returning for final 12 months’s ODI World Cup and final performed a T20 in England’s victorious World Cup remaining in November 2022.
“I’ve performed loads of white-ball cricket for England and I’m very joyful and content material with what I’ve achieved in that type of the sport …,” Stokes instructed Sky Sports activities on Tuesday.
“If I get the decision to return and play, then clearly it’s positively going to be a sure. However I’m not going to be too dissatisfied if I don’t – it signifies that I can simply sit again and watch everybody else exit and smack it.
“Me and Baz (McCullum) haven’t spoken about something like that in anyway.”
Stokes has been sidelined since tearing his left hamstring whereas taking part in for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred final month. The 33-year-old stated his rehabilitation was going nicely and that he would endure a scan on Wednesday.
“When it comes to bowling, there’s much more than simply my hamstring that I have to get again firing – you employ all the things,” he added. “I have to get that each one proper to verify I don’t do any extra injury to every other components of my physique.”
– With PTI inputs