Ben Stokes had announced his retirement from international one-day cricket in the summer, calling the schedule for England playing all three formats “untenable”, although Key refused to rule out the possibility of him playing in India.
“Nothing is forever, but who knows what will happen,” Key explained. “Let’s try to enjoy what we did at the moment and then we will think about Test cricket.
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Matthew Mott became the first coach to win the World Cup in both men’s and women’s sports, leading Australia to a women’s ODI World Cup victory in April, with the mains believing the decision to split coaching roles between red-ball and white-ball teams is justified.
“Ben Stokes will be thinking about Test cricket and I don’t want him to worry about anything else that is in front of him now, which is the Test series in Pakistan.
Then you have New Zealand and then you have Australia. He doesn’t have to worry about anything else — what will happen, what will happen.
“I’d really have every conversation with someone, it doesn’t matter. I don’t think you ever deny anything, but at the moment we’re just trying to enjoy what we’ve done so far. I’m sure he’s enjoying it as much as possible.
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