'I'm throwing my 100% support': Stokes names Brook as preferred successor

Ben Stokes has unequivocally backed Harry Brook arsenic his successor to skipper England's Test side. Despite a caller determination to name Joe Root successful Stokes' absence, the retiring all-rounder emphasized Brook's vice-captaincy arsenic a wide indicator of his readiness. Stokes believes Brook's enactment skills and increasing power marque him the earthy prime to usher the team's future, offering his afloat enactment for the Yorkshire batter.