Root made his Test debut in 2012 and holds several England Test cricket records, including highest run scorer with 14,114 runs. He is also second highest run-scorer of all time behind India legend Sachin Tendulkar, who is top with 15,921 runs. He took over the captaincy for the first time when Alastair Cook stepped down from the role in 2017. Former Test captain Stokes announced his retirement from international cricket on the fourth day of the deciding Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. "If you're looking at promoting that series, that's probably the angle that you would want, that he comes out of retirement.