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  •   Home > News > Sports > Cricket

    A spot of advice from Joe Root to the man replacing him temporarily

    A spot of advice from Joe Root to the man replacing him temporarily


    Ben Stokes will skipper the English cricket side in the first test against the West Indies starting tonight in Southampton, with Root awaiting the birth of his first child.

    Stokes says Root slipped him a message.



    First ball is at 10pm in Southampton, behind closed doors.

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     01 Mar: Black Caps coach Rob Walter has confessed he stuck to his book as his side's T20 World Cup future was up in the air
     01 Mar: A rearguard action from the Zimbabwe tail has been unable to stop them limping to a paltry total after winning the toss and batting against the White Ferns in the third and final T20 in Hamilton
     01 Mar: Just one semi-final spot is still up for grabs at cricket's T20 World Cup on the sub-continent
     01 Mar: The Black Caps have made the semi-finals at the T20 World Cup
     28 Feb: There will be more on the line than the Black Caps would've liked when Sri Lanka and Pakistan meet at the T20 World Cup overnight
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