Emergency Podcast! Ben Stokes left out of 2nd Test, Joe Root returns as captain
6/10/202645 min
Ian Ward chats to Nas and Ath after a dramatic few days for England Men’s cricket.
Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have not been selected in the 2nd Test squad to face New Zealand, due to the ongoing investigation into breaching team protocols.
Joe Root has answered the call to be interim captain for the Oval Test match starting next Wednesday.
Listen for the considered thoughts of two ex-captains who have experienced four years in the pressure-cooker environment leading the England team.
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First 90 secondsNasser Hussain· Host0:00
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Michael Atherton· Host0:05
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Nasser Hussain· Host0:09
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Michael Atherton· Host0:12
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Nasser Hussain· Host0:15
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Michael Atherton· Host0:19
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Ian Ward· Host0:27
[crowd cheering] Well, hello, and welcome to the Sky Sports Cricket podcast. My name's Ian Ward. I'm joined by two former England captains, Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton. Now, a lot of deliberations have been going on at ECB Towers after the events of Monday morning involving Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson. We had a statement at the time. We've had precious little since then, but what we have had at 3:00 today as we record this, is an official statement and a squad release for the second test match against New Zealand at The Oval. I'll read it out. "The England and Wales Cricket Board can confirm that given the ongoing investigation," ongoing investigation, "Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have not been made available for selection for the Rossies second test against New Zealand, which starts at The Oval on Wednesday. Yorkshire batsman Joe Root will lead the team as interim captain. Jofra Archer is back in the squad, and Essex batter Jordan Cox." They have been added. Um, Nas, come to you first. When you first saw the news unfold about what did or didn't happen on