Name: Root backs Stokes as captain if Test clashes with birth of his child
Uploaded: 2020-06-02T18:17:05.134Z
Duration: 46 s
Description: Ben Stokes could be the man who leads England in the first Test of the summer, after newly announced dates for the West Indies tour confirmed a possible clash with the birth of Joe Root's second child.

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Root backs Stokes as captain if Test clashes with birth of his child

02 June 2020

Ben Stokes could be the man who leads England in the first Test of the summer, after newly announced dates for the West Indies tour confirmed a possible clash with the birth of Joe Root's second child.

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