Ben Stokes & Gus Atkinson dropped, Joe Root takes over as captain | Sky Sports Cricket Podcast

Cricket

Taon2026

Tagal42m

Panoorin Ngayon

7.7

► Subscribe to Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Watch Sky Sports: https://bit.ly/BuySkySports Former England captains and Sky Sports Cricket pundits Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton, as well as Ian Ward, react to the news that England captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been dropped for the second Test against New Zealand after breaching team protocols, with Joe Root taking over as skipper. 03:49 - Is the incident a sacking offence? 06:00 - Should there be curfews? 10:00 - Why is Harry Brook not captain? 11:00 - Previous England captains being disciplined? 12:24 - Key & McCullum will feel let down 14:00 - Duty of care 15:30 - Will Ben Stokes retire? 19:00 - Key and McCullum are empathetic 39:00 - “It’s too big a job to do it by halves” #cricket #englandcricket #cricketnews ► Cricket highlights: https://bit.ly/SkyCricketHighlights ► Sky Sports Cricket Podcast: https://bit.ly/SkySportsCricketPodcast ► Cricket masterclasses: https://bit.ly/SkyCricketMasterclass More from Sky Sports on YouTube: ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub ► Sky Sports WSL: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsWSL ► Facebook:   / skysportscricket   ► Instagram:   / skysportscricket   ► X: https://x.com/SkyCricket ►Website: https://www.skysports.com ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports...