Stokes would love to coach England in future

England all‑rounder Ben Stokes has voiced his support for former Test captain Joe Root to pursue a coaching role in the future, highlighting the potential partnership with incoming England Test manager Stephen Fleming. Root’s typical spell as Test skipper ran from 2017 to 2022, during which he led England to 27 Test victories in 65 matches. He will work alongside Fleming, the former New Zealand captain, in the new setup. Root relinquished the captaincy in April 2022 after a 10‑wicket loss to the West Indies. At that point England had won only one of their previous 17 Tests, suffered a 4‑0 Ashes defeat in Australia and were dealing with Covid‑related restrictions. Root remarked that the responsibility “took its toll” on his health. Stokes said, “I privation him [Root] thing but success. I anticipation helium goes connected and achieves astonishing things successful his relation arsenic skipper and I deliberation he's going to truly bask it with Flem [Fleming]. He's a large man,” said Stokes. He added, “I've worked with Flem earlier but I told Joe, I said my lone interest is conscionable you. And that's each I truly attraction astir now, conscionable due to the fact that I person seen what helium went done past clip helium was successful complaint of the team. I don't privation to spot that ever hap again due to the fact that I attraction for Joe a lot, but I privation him each the occurrence successful the world.” Stokes concluded, “I'm definite he's going to bash great. So I'm looking guardant to seeing what the squad does going forward.”