Ben Stokes is currently England's Test captain and hasn't played any white-ball game since the ODI World Cup 2023. The last few years of his career have been hampered with various injuries and he has spent much of his time in recovery or rehabilitation.
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Key was asked on BBC Radio 5 about Ben Stokes' reply after being considered for England's white-ball captaincy. Key revealed he had not offered Stokes the captaincy yet but claimed that he had informed the allrounder and received a positive response in return.
“And he sort of then puts the thumbs-up emoji and stuff like that, as if to say: ‘OK’ – not that I have offered him that, but they are the sort of conversations that we have," the ECB managing director added.
“I am going to think pretty hard" - Rob Key
“I am going to think pretty hard, along with a few other people, over the next few weeks and try and work out what we think the best thing is,” the former England cricketer said.
Jos Buttler's bitter end to captaincy tenure
Jos Buttler resigned as England's white-ball captain after the team's dismal Champions Trophy campaign just a few days ago. England lost to Afghanistan and failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
As a result, Buttler decided to give up the captaincy. Along with Stokes, vice-captain Harry Brook is another candidate for this role but he is still young and remains to be seen whether he can handle the workload.
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