𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 Ben Stokes, the talismanic all-rounder of English cricket has been named as the new captain for the English test team. Stokes replaced Joe Root, who stood down earlier this month after a series of flops. Stokes, who was the dearest for the job, said he was "𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮" ahead of a busy season of international cricket. "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳," said Stokes. Stokes also thanked the former test captain and his teammate Joe Root in his statement - "𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘑𝘰𝘦 (𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘵) 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥." New managing director of England men's cricket Rob Key said: "𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘥-𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵." England will play their first test match under Stoke's captaincy against New Zealand, the country of Stoke's birth. The three-Test series will start at Lord's on June 2. #studentJournalist #cricket #England #EnglandCricket #BenStokes #Stokes