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Former England captain Ben Stokes has revealed his ambition to become England's head coach after retiring from playing, saying he wants to remain involved in the game in a leadership role.
Stokes said coaching England would be a dream, though he is unsure if that opportunity will ever come. Stokes stepped down as England's Test captain and retired from international cricket after England's 2-1 Test series defeat to New Zealand in June, which came on the heels of a 4-1 Ashes series loss to Australia over the winter. "I want to be a coach. I know what I want to do in terms of staying within the game - which is to be a coach," Stokes said on the For The Love of Cricket podcast, as per Sky Sports. "Would I love to be coach of England one day? Absolutely. I would love to be able to do that. Do I think it's going to happen? I don't know. No idea. Then, further on from that, I don't know. I just really like the idea of being, again, in some form of leadership away from playing," he added. Stokes also claimed that Brendon McCullum would have remained England's Test head coach had he not announced his retirement from international cricket just weeks earlier. "I was [surprised]. If I hadn't made the decision that I made four weeks ago, Baz would still be coach. So it's my fault!" he added. Stokes captained England's Test side from 2022 to 2026, forging a successful partnership with head coach Brendon McCullum as the duo transformed the team's approach to red-ball cricket. McCullum's departure as Test head coach was announced just two weeks after Stokes retired from international cricket, a decision he revealed on the fourth day of England's third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. (ANI)
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