Root stepped down from the role four years ago citing a "very unhealthy relationship" with captaincy , exacerbated by operating under Covid-19 restrictions for his final two years. I think cricket has just a drinking culture and it hasn't changed. "So for people who think that the English cricket team has a drinking culture, I'd say no. But yeah, I just think that there's this relationship with alcohol within cricket that has been the same from the '80s. As for reversing his Test retirement, Stokes reiterated his stance that any U-turn, even a return for next summer's Ashes, is out of the question.