England will wait until the very last moment for Ben Stokes to make a decision on his 50 over World Cup involvement as they hope to tempt him out of retirement for one last hurrah.
Stokes called time on his 50-over career last summer to focus on his Test ambitions as England captain and the lucrative T20 circuit where he is in huge demand around the world.
Something had to give and it was the format he did so much in to land England’s first 50-over World Cup triumph in 2019. But white ball coach Matthew Mott has not given up on the hope of seeing Stokes return to the fold in time for the next World Cup in India at the end of the year.
