Ben Stokes says he will utilise his personal psychiatrist to help deal with the pressures of England captaincy and allow him to continue being a confidant to his teammates.
The allrounder, who was named as the 81st Test skipper on Thursday, has been seeing an independent psychiatrist since last summer when he took a break from all cricket because of struggles with his mental health. It was a hiatus that began in July, with Stokes admitting he had difficult thoughts and found life in bio-secure bubbles during the pandemic were exacerbating problems off the field.
