CAPTAIN, LEADER LEGENDARY

Cook: Stokes will be regarded as one of our best ever skippers

- BY PATRICK AUSTEN-HARDY

SIR ALASTAIR COOK believes Ben Stokes will go down as one of the best England cricket captains in history.

Stokes has led the England Test team since 2022, when he joined forces with head coach Brendon McCullum.

Since then, the all-rounder has registered one of the highest win-percentage rates in England history, winning 22 of his 37 Tests as captain, though has only managed draws in home series against India and Australia.

England drew 2-2 in an epic series with India this summer with Stokes missing the final Test due to injury.

This winter will be the first time Stokes has led an England side to Australia, and Cook, who was England Test captain from 2012 to 2017, thinks anything is possible with his former teammate as skipper.