Matthew Mott insists ‘the door is open’ for Ben Stokes to reverse his retirement from ODI cricket

England coach Matthew Mott as we speak mentioned the door could be left open for Ben Stokes to return to one-day international cricket right up until this autumn’s World Cup.

Mott spoke to Check captain Stokes earlier than flying to South Africa for a three-match collection that begins right here on Friday and and requested whether or not he was able to reverse his 50-over retirement.

The 31-year-old, who is about to take his swashbuckling team to New Zealand for a two-match series, was non-committal however shall be given so long as potential to declare himself out there for England’s defence of a trophy that Stokes contributed a lot to successful.

England coach Matthew Mott as we speak mentioned the door could be left open for Ben Stokes to reverse his resolution to retire from ODI cricket forward of England’s World Cup defence this autumn

Stokes had referred to as a day on his ODI profession final summer time, citing the ‘unsustainable’ schedule

‘The door is at all times open for a participant of that high quality however we’re additionally very conscious that his major focus is is pink ball cricket because the captain. We respect that and when he is prepared to speak, we’ll try this,’ mentioned Mott, who added that the pair had had a ‘couple of hook-ups right here and there,’ because the flip of the 12 months.

Requested whether or not there could be a cut-off level for a participant whose 84 not out towards the New Zealanders at Lord’s helped England triumph within the 2019 World Cup ultimate, Mott mentioned: ‘I’ve had some good discussions with Jos (Buttler) and Rob Key on this.

‘What we have labored out, as you will note on this tour, is that gamers are taking part in lots of franchise cricket, coming out and in at completely different instances, so we have to maintain a extremely versatile, open thoughts to gamers and once we sit down to select that 15 for the World Cup, we need to decide one of the best gamers potential.’

The all-rounder had a key function in England successful the 50-over title on residence soil again in 2019

Mott insisted ‘the door is at all times open for a participant of that high quality’ in reference to Stokes

Stokes admitted final month that the World Cup defence in India subsequent 12 months was tempting, buoyed by steering England to ultimate victory within the Twenty20 equal with one other unbeaten half-century versus Pakistan days earlier.

Last July, he announced his 50-over career was over, citing an ‘unsustainable’ schedule as one reason and his responsibilities as Test captain as another.

However his confirmed match-winning qualities imply England are ready to attend past this summer time’s Ashes, which end on the finish of July, for a sure or no for the airplane to India in October.