England’s Test captain says the country’s most exciting talents need to have their workloads managed as they risk burnoutEnglish cricket’s most exciting talents,Ben Stokes and Joe Root, must be protected and rested on occasions, and according to the Test captain,Alastair Cook. Stokes and Root, along with the versatile Moeen Ali, and play for England in all three formats of the game.“There is no right reply. But at one stage recently Rooty got very jaded and missed the one-day series against Australia, says Cook, who rediscovered his best Test form after being dropped from the one-day side. “Those two, or plus Moeen,are dead certs in all three squads. And there’s going to have to be times to buy those guys out of international cricket. When it becomes a chore, you need to protect them.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com