Eoin Morgan says England might make a “left-field name” with their new white-ball captaincy and create an association the place Take a look at skipper Ben Stokes is parachuted in to do the job for main tournaments.
England are on the lookout for a brand new captain for the lads’s one-day and T20 sides after Jos Buttler resigned following their early exit within the Champions Trophy.
Morgan, who skippered England to 50-over World Cup glory in 2019, has steered a situation the place a “lieutenant” of Stokes’ holds the reins for the overwhelming majority of bilateral sequence with the red-ball skipper introduced again for World Cups.
England director of males’s cricket Rob Key said earlier this month it could be “silly” to not think about Stokes as a white-ball captain.
Stokes, 33, has been Take a look at captain since 2022 however the all-rounder has not performed white-ball cricket for England because the 2023 50-over World Cup.
“I feel a little bit of a left-field name could be to ask Ben Stokes to contemplate the function, not essentially on a full-time foundation,” Morgan told Sky Sports, external.
“You would need to create an atmosphere the place Ben would slip out and in seamlessly in preparation for large tournaments after which sit on the backburner and give attention to Take a look at match cricket till these massive tournaments got here up.
“Everybody must be on the identical web page about the way it would possibly work.”
