Door open for Ben Stokes to finish ODI retirement and play World Cup: Matthew Mott | Cricket Information – Instances of India

LONDON: The door is open for Check captain Ben Stokes to finish his retirement from one-day internationals and be a part of England‘s title defence on the 50-overs World Cup in India later this yr, white-ball coach Matthew Mott stated.
Stokes was named Participant of the Match within the 2019 World Cup last when England beat New Zealand at Lord’s and was their top-scorer within the last of the T20 World Cup in Australia final yr.
He determined to give up one-day cricket final yr citing his workload however Mott stated he could be glad to debate the state of affairs if issues modified forward of the World Cup in October-November.
“The door is always open for a player of that quality but we are also very aware that his main focus is red-ball cricket as the captain,” Mott advised reporters forward of the three-match ODI sequence in South Africa starting on Friday.
“We respect that and when he’s ready to chat, we’ll do that.”
Mott stated he had mentioned the problem with limited-overs captain Jos Buttler and director of England males’s cricket Rob Key and so they had not set a closing date for Stokes to make up his thoughts.
“… we need to keep a really flexible, open mind to players and when we sit down to pick that 15 for the World Cup, we want to pick the best players possible,” he added.
Forward of the sequence towards South Africa, Mott stated fit-again speedster Jofra Archer was “frothing to play” after practically two years on the sidelines.
“Having watched him from a distance, I think he’s one of the most exciting things to have happened in cricket for the last decade,” Mott stated.
“The best thing I can say is that we have a general plan of what it (Archer’s schedule) might look like.
“We are going to work via it with him, see how his physique is coping. I positively suppose he’s a excessive precedence and he will likely be managed in addition to doable.”