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Joe Root gave Ben Stokes a heartfelt speech and a bottle of wine after Stokes’s final ODI for England.Joe Root gave Ben Stokes a heartfelt speech and a bottle of wine after Stokes’s final ODI for England.Last modified on Wed 27 Jul 2022 10.33 BST
In the Durham Riverside dressing room Joe Root speaks softly, haltingly, a white towel rolled and draped around his slender shoulders. “Some of the things you’ve achieved in your career have been extraordinary.” Bowling coach Neil Killeen fiddles with the ring-pull on a can, listening intently. Jos Buttler fixes an Eeyore stare of such glum intensity into the floor that even the fibres of the carpet feel sad. The victorious South Africans can be heard celebrating in the adjacent changing room. As the noise grows louder Buttler flinches ever so slightly and rubs his temples. Root presses on.
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