'I Don't Want Ben This Summer': Morgan Rules Out Test Captain Stokes Out Of England White Ball Plans

Eoin Morgan has spilled a few plans regarding how the white-ball team will be going about things in the next few games.

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England Cricket is in a massive transformation mode. A lot has changed over the past few months in the men's team where Joe Root stepped down as test captain in April and after a few weeks, Ben Stokes took charge as the captain. 

Simultaneously, the management was also changed with Rob Key taking charge as Managing Director and England opting for split coaching. While Brendon McCullum became the coach of the test team, Mathew Mott was appointed as the white ball coach. 

However, one thing that remained the same was Eoin Morgan, England's white-ball captain. Although he has had his share of poor run in the last year which also coincided with England losing the T20 World Cup semifinal, Morgan has been asked to continue as captain. 

Talking about the upcoming summer of international cricket in England, Morgan has spilled a few plans regarding how the team will be going about things in the next few games. 

'The India T20s will be a great gauge of where we're at but the rest of the summer will be a delve into the depth of what we have in county cricket considering the injuries we have with bowlers,' says Morgan.

Morgan has confirmed that Ben Stokes won't be playing white-ball cricket in this summer but he will be there for the T20 World Cup in Australia. 

'Ben won't play white-ball this summer. We just want him to go off and be himself as Test captain as it's a huge responsibility. I don't want Ben this summer, I want him in November. That's when our race will be run.' confirmed Morgan. 

Talking about Jofra Archer, who has been recently ruled out of the England summer, Morgan said: 'Jofra is hard to take. His dedication and discipline throughout his rehabilitation have been unbelievable. So to be dealt this hand is horrible for him.

'Everybody is around to support him and everybody knows he will come through this but right now it's very difficult. He's just been incredibly unlucky. I hope he's still a chance for the World Cup,' captain Morgan said. 

England will begin their summer with three ODIs against the Netherlands from June 17 that'll be played in Amsterdam. Then India will go to England for a limited-overs tour including three T20Is and ODIs. England will next host South Africa for a limited-overs series before going to Australia for the T20 World Cup.