NICK HOWSON: Luring the double World Cup-winner out of retirement for the defence of the 50-over title remains in Matthew Mott's mind, two years after Stokes broke from the sport to manage his mental health
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Posted by Marc Evans on 16/08/2023 at 02:13
We've plenty of white ball batting fodder without the need to use Stokes, whose importance to our red ball efforts is huge. Let him devote his energies to that. However the present climate of player abuse by the schedule planners doesn't bode well for this.
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