Nasser Hussain has insisted Ben Stokes was the "right choice" to become England's new Test captain, with the 30-year-old officially named as Joe Root's successor on Thursday.
Stokes is the first all-rounder to captain England in Test cricket since Andrew Flintoff took charge for 11 Tests between 2006 and 2007. Flintoff did not have much success in the role though, winning just two of those matches and suffering a humiliating 5-0 whitewash against Australia in the Ashes.
Fellow legendary all-rounder Ian Botham also had a brief stint captaining England between 1980 and 1981, leading the side for 12 Test matches. However, his reign went even worse than Flintoff's, with England failing to win a single Test.
