Former England cricketer Angus Fraser warns there's no 'outstanding captain' to replace Ben Stokes

How to rescue English cricket

There was always something of John Cleese’s Sir Lancelot about Ben Stokes, ever eager for a flamboyant rescue mission in his own particular, as Lancelot puts it, idiom. Leave no chandelier unswung, no buckle unswashed. He would charge in, gung-holier than thou, and work out the damage later. ‘When I’m in this idiom, I sort of get carried away,’ Lancelot apologises after massacring all the guests at a wedding. At times, it was glorious. But often…

Former England cricketer Angus Fraser warns there's no 'outstanding captain' to replace Ben Stokes

Former England cricketer Angus Fraser has said the England cricket team is “stuck between a rock and a hard place” after Ben Stokes announced his retirement. Speaking on GB News he said: “I thought everybody was lucky to survive after the winter, that’s for sure. “I suppose it’s tempting to get rid of anybody, but then you’re starting from scratch; is that the right way forward? “I think we should think about it before we make that sort of decis…