Ben Stokes says Paul Collingwood is the ‘excellent’ candidate to take cost of England on their upcoming tour of West Indies after a ‘bitterly disappointing’ Ashes marketing campaign in Australia.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Monday that Collingwood, 45, will take cost on an interim foundation for the facet’s three-match Take a look at collection within the Caribbean subsequent month.
Collingwood had been working as England’s assistant coach since 2019 and takes over the reins from Chris Silverwood, who was relieved of his duties final week within the wake of the Take a look at crew’s crushing 4-0 defeat Down Underneath.
Crew director, Ashley Giles, and assistant, Graham Thorpe, have additionally moved on in latest days, with England seeking to hit the reset button after a depressing 2021 that noticed them lose 9 of their 15 Exams.
‘A lot has occurred to the England crew already this winter and there may be nonetheless extra to come back within the West Indies subsequent month,’ Stokes stated in his Day by day Mirror column.
‘However slightly than extra of the identical, it is a tour that must be the beginning of one thing new and Paul Collingwood is the best man to step in and get issues underway.
‘This must be the beginning of a turnaround for the Take a look at crew similar to we had for the at some point facet again in 2015 and that may be a enormous problem I wish to be part of overcoming.
‘It was a bitterly disappointing Ashes marketing campaign Down Underneath, however we now have to be taught from it and start the job of constructing the crew again to the place we wish to be.
England's upcoming Take a look at collection within the West Indies
– 8-12 March (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua)
– 16-20 March (Kensington Oval, Barbados)
– 24-28 March (Nationwide Cricket Stadium, Grenada)
‘It'll take time, after all it'll. Even the white ball crew took time to get to the purpose the place we may win a World Cup. It didn’t occur in a single day, even when some folks appear to suppose it did.
‘We had some bumps within the street, such because the Champions Trophy semi-final in 2017, however we caught to our plan and we backed the best gamers to ship.
‘And we have to go on an identical journey with the Take a look at crew now with everybody concerned one hundred pc dedicated to doing what is critical to enhance and be among the many finest groups once more.
Stokes stays an ardent supporter of Joe Root, regardless of the Yorkshireman’s captaincy credentials repeatedly coming into query throughout the latest Ashes collection.
‘Take a look at cricket is totally my primary precedence, and I wish to work alongside Joe Root, one of the best man we may have as captain, to get us there,’ the England vice-captain added.
‘It's why I believed lengthy and laborious about whether or not to go to the IPL or not, and felt that this was not in regards to the cash however about the place my priorities are.
‘It wouldn’t be truthful on any crew I signed up for if I wasn’t completely targeted on issues on the market.
‘The Take a look at crew is the place it's at for me proper now and I wish to give as a lot of my time and power to that as doable.
‘I feel the Take a look at facet will profit extra from me enjoying quite a lot of county championship matches this summer time and getting myself as finest ready as doable for the challenges of New Zealand and South Africa.’
The England all-rounder believes Collingwood ‘understands’ the present squad and has the character to drive them ahead after such a troublesome interval.
‘Having Colly because the interim head coach for the beginning of this problem is a large bonus for us as a result of he affords a lot and already has good relationships to work from,’ Stokes went on.
‘He has an infectious enthusiasm and keenness for the sport, and since he has been there and understands what we're going by, he interprets it brilliantly to the gamers.
‘Don’t suppose he's a gentle contact although, he is likely one of the hardest males I do know and can demand the identical stage of laborious work from us as he all the time places in himself.
‘We may have a brand new everlasting coach in the end, however with Ashley Giles, Chris Silverwood and Graham Thorpe all dropping their jobs, I wish to pay due respect to the work they put in for English cricket at a troublesome time.
‘They gave every thing they may for the nice of the England crew and I wish to say thanks.’
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