Ben Stokes is not a closed chapter yet, as Chris Woakes believes. During his latest conversation with the Guardian, the former English fast bowler was very open about the former England National Cricket Team captain Ben Stokes, head coach Brendon McCullum and the former England coach Andy Flower.
Woakes played a lot of international cricket with Ben Stokes, and he knows him very well. After the 2025-26 Ashes defeat against Australia, Chris Woakes was shocked by how exhausted Stokes was. The result was absolutely not in favour for the team, followed by multiple other setbacks in the next few series. Multiple defeats, mainly the Ashes defeat, might have led Stokes to consider his retirement from the national side.
Will Ben Stokes ever consider making a comeback for England, ahead of the 2027 Ashes? Chris Woakes did not completely eliminate the thoughts of a possible comeback of the former captain. The experienced pacer said that Joe Root, the present Test team captain, shares a very good relationship with the former. If Root asks Stokes to reconsider his retirement, then there could be a chance to see a returning Ben Stokes with the Three Lions.
"When it comes to Ben, I genuinely think anything is possible. A large part of me says it won’t happen. I think he’s done. But if there’s one person that could talk Ben Stokes round to playing again, it would be Joe Root. They’re very good friends and have known each other for a hell of a long time. If Joe were to say to Ben: ‘I want you back for one last series,’ it could happen. It would certainly be box office. It always is with Ben Stokes," Chris Woakes said.
Chris Woakes explains the rise and fall of Bazball
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) sacked Brendon McCullum from the Test team's head coach position. The team started in a promising way under his coach, with a brand new mode of batting named Bazball. Bazball was entertaining to watch and was effective until a certain point when it stopped working. Why did the Bazball method eventually fail?
Woakes explained that it was important for them to score runs at a fast pace in Tests. But, at the same time, to keep balance, they needed to shift down the gears, which they failed to do.
"There were times where we had the opposition pretty much by the balls and could have played a little more conservatively in that moment to get us to a point where the other team didn’t have a sniff,” Woakes explained the rise and fall of Bazball.
“But there were too many occasions where we let them back in. We could have been more vocal in those moments and said we need to shift gears within the game. We always went up the gears, but never really came back down," he added.
Andy Flower was ridiculously hard: Chris Woakes
In the early part of his career, Chris Woakes got Andy Flower as the England head coach. Unlike under McCullum, when players used to get more freedom, Flower was all about working hard. The training sessions used to be so hard that Woakes, who was then young, was scared to take the field during the training sessions. Later, he realized that tight training schedules shaped his career in a good way.
“He was ridiculously hard. I was almost scared to train, but that was also what I needed at the time. I just didn’t realise it. So it worked out perfectly. Flower was exactly what I needed at the start, and McCullum was exactly what I needed at the back end of my career," Woakes expressed.
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