Joe Root stands alone after old mate Ben Stokes runs out of road

Root and Stokes have been friends since they were children – now England’s leading Test runscorer must go on even as Bazball comes to its end Joe Root and Ben Stokes are great mates; they’ve played with each other since they were children representing Yorkshire and Durham’s…

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