TIL Desk Sports/ Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen believes Ben Stokes “has the personality” to captain the Test side, but added that the 30-year-old all-rounder will need a leadership group which can complement him as he aim to bring back the side’s glory days back.
Stokes was made England captain after Joe Root stepped down in the wake of the away Test series loss in the Caribbean, while England chief coach Chris Silverwood quit his post following the 0-4 Ashes debacle Down Under. The Test team’s uninspiring showing in the last couple of years has been blamed as much on the players as on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) top bosses.
Pietersen said that while England had got the “right personnel in charge”, the entire cricket structure needs a “shake-up” to bring the team out of the “doom-and-gloom” scenario. “Being appointed as England Test captain is an incredible honour. Ben Stokes and his family will be incredibly proud and rightly so. I’m a firm believer that the England team needs a leadership group with some gravitas and personality,” said Pietersen on Betway Insider.
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