Trevor Bayliss sits back and remembers the time he predicted the impact one of his favourite players from his time as England coach would have as captain.
‘We were in Bangladesh,’ said the Australian who won the World Cup and Ashes with England.
‘And I did a press conference in Chittagong. Alastair Cook was coming to the end as captain and there was talk about who would take over. Joe Root was the No 1 candidate but one of you blokes asked me who else could do it. I said Ben Stokes and everyone laughed. I said, ‘What are you laughing at?’
‘The proof has been in the pudding, hasn’t it? He’s a leader of men and a positive guy. If you are a leader you make a decision with no procrastinating and all the others follow. Ben clearly does that. He’s one of those guys people are attracted to….
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