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England Test skipper Ben Stokes has described the past 3 months, which progressive a hard Ashes campaign, arsenic the "hardest period" of his enactment travel portion reiterating his committedness to rebuilding the broadside with manager Brendon McCullum.
After the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that Stokes, McCullum and managing manager Rob Key would proceed successful their roles contempt England’s 4-1 drubbing successful the Ashes, the 34-year-old shared an affectional unfastened missive connected societal media connected Monday.
"Being England skipper is the top honour a subordinate tin beryllium given, and I bash not instrumentality it for granted. It has its highs and it has its lows, it makes you privation to grin it makes you privation to cry," Stokes said successful station with a representation of himself, Key and McCullum connected Instagram.
"It wholly and utterly consumes you and feels similar it's the lone happening successful your beingness astatine times. The past 3 months has without a uncertainty been the hardest play of my captaincy journey, it’s tested maine successful truthful galore antithetic ways and I’m definite each different skipper has gone done this arsenic well," helium wrote.
Stressing that lessons person been learnt from the setbacks, Stokes asserted helium is committed to to rebuilding the broadside alongside McCullum and Key.
"Baz, Rob and myself person the passionateness and tendency to instrumentality this squad forward, we are going to springiness you everything we have, we cognize we made mistakes on the mode and we person learnt from those mistakes, you larn much from nonaccomplishment than success." England's circuit of Australia was marred by mediocre planning, substandard performances, enactment mistakes and subordinate misbehavior disconnected the tract including concerns implicit depletion of alcohol.
Reflecting connected the idiosyncratic toll and motivation, Stokes added that helium inactive has a batch to springiness arsenic a leader.
"I person learnt a batch astir myself but the astir important happening that I privation the fans to cognize is that... I FG emotion cricket, I FG emotion this team, I F*****G emotion being England skipper and I person got truthful overmuch much to springiness to this relation and I'm truthful blessed that I get to bash it with Baz and Rob" Stokes, who hasn't played since the 5th Ashes Test earlier this twelvemonth successful January, besides thanked supporters for their backing during a challenging play and vowed to repay their faith.
"We each admit each azygous idiosyncratic who supports us. We bash what we bash for galore reasons but 1 of those reasons is to bring our supporters and fans happiness and and a consciousness of pridefulness and we volition purpose to bash those things arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin successful the future.
"See you each successful June for the commencement of the Test Match summer," Stokes said.
England volition statesman their location play connected June 4 with the Test bid against New Zealand.
