After getting the captaincy of the beleaguered England Test workforce, star all-rounder Ben Stokes hoped the ups and downs of his profession will assist him make a profitable captain.

Stokes succeeds right-handed batter Joe Root, who resigned from the function in April this yr, in turning into the 81st captain of the England males’s Test workforce.

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Stokes’ appointment because the captain was vastly anticipated, particularly after Root, 31, stepped down from the function within the aftermath of England dropping a three-match away Test sequence to the West Indies in March. His first task because the Test captain will probably be a three-match dwelling Test sequence towards New Zealand, beginning on the Lord’s from June 2.

Asked how his experiences had modified him over the course of his journey, Stokes advised BBC Sports, “There’s loads of issues that I’ve gone via since I grew to become knowledgeable cricketer, and people experiences I really feel are constructive on this new function that I’ve received.”

“I’ve been through a lot of good and have been through a lot of bad and I feel like I can relate to both sides of what this sporting life can throw at you. I hope that now because I’m England captain, I’m not seen as a different person to the people who I’ve played with. I feel as if I’ve always been someone who anybody can come and speak to,” he stated.

Stokes, 30, will take cost of an England males’s Test workforce that has received only one out of the final 17 matches and sit at backside of the 2021-23 World Test Championship cycle.

“I see all the pieces that I’ve gone via as a constructive and you’ll relate to folks if that’s good or dangerous. I don’t see something that I’ve gone via as a unfavourable. If something, I see it as a manner that I can all the time try to assist them.”

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