Ben Stokes 公約するs to be `支持する´ for mental health as England captain
Ben Stokes has 明らかにする／漏らすd how the help of a therapist 覆うd the way for his ascent to the England 実験（する） captaincy and has 公約するd to be an “支持する” for mental health in the 役割.
Stokes was the 圧倒的な 候補者 to 後継する Joe Root when he stood 負かす／撃墜する over 復活祭, but just last summer he 直面するd an uncertain 未来 as he took a four-month hiatus from the sport.
That 決定／判定勝ち（する） was brought on by the physical and psychological 需要・要求するs of international cricket and he later 認める he felt in a “dark place” and was “戦う／戦いing difficult thoughts”.
Now, 会合 the マスコミ for the first time since becoming his country’s new 船長／主将, Stokes opened up about the professional 援助 he sought ? and is still 捜し出すing ? to 勝利，勝つ that 戦う／戦い.
“With the mental 味方する now, a lot of 消極的な things can be written about it, but I took my break 支援する then because I needed to,” he said.
“I spoke with someone and I will continue to do that. It’s a 正規の／正選手 thing. I have been a 大規模な 支持する for this area since I took my break and I will continue to do that. I have that experience to talk to anybody, whoever they may be, if they feel like they need to. The hardest thing to do in the first place is to talk to somebody.
“If anyone might be struggling with something, I have been that person in the dressing-room. I see it as 肯定的な that I’m in this 役割 having gone through what I went through last summer. I hope that doesn’t change now I’m captain.”
For Stokes to use his 初期の leadership 壇・綱領・公約 in such a way was a striking thing for the 30-year-old to do, and a more 著名な break with 条約 than his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 持つ／拘留する the 要点説明 at Durham’s Riverside Ground rather than the more 伝統的な setting of Lord’s.
Stokes shunned the usual ECB blazer for the team’s new line of training gear too, a handy shorthand 思い出の品 that he 代表するs a move away from the likes of Sir Andrew Strauss, Sir Alastair Cook and Root, all of whom appeared bred for high office from a young age.
“It’s never been a goal of 地雷 when I was younger, to be a captain of England,” he said.
“It wasn’t something I automatically said yes to straight away. You’ve got to consider a lot of things that come with the 職業. But it’s not a 職業 you can turn 負かす／撃墜する. When I say I thought to myself, I didn’t really do that long…about a minute, I reckon.”
There were times when it looked like the 招待 would never come, not least during the 影響 of a late night altercation in Bristol in 2017.
Stokes ended up in 法廷，裁判所 and was 最終的に 設立する not 有罪の of affray, but only after 行方不明の an important Ashes series and seeing himself placed in the harshest of スポットライトs.
“支援する then, no, I’d have never pictured sitting at a （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する speaking as England captain,” he 認める.
He has 規模d remarkable new 高さs since those days, 奮起させるing England’s unforgettable World Cup final victory in 2019 and producing his own ‘奇蹟 of Headingley’ against Australia a few weeks later.
Few have experienced as many ups and 負かす／撃墜するs as him, a hinterland which he feels makes him 井戸／弁護士席-ふさわしい to the challen ge ahead.
“I’ve always tried to see every experience, be they good or bad, as something to learn from,” he said.
“I’ve been through a lot of goods and have been through a lot of bads and I feel like I can relate to both 味方するs of what this 冒険的な life can throw at you.
“There’s been plenty of other experiences that I could have felt would chew me up, swallow me up and that’s me done. But I never let that happen. I guess I’m too stubborn to let anything get too on 最高の，を越す of me.”
Stokes took care of some housekeeping by 確認するing he would move 負かす／撃墜する a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the batting order to number six and would play an active 役割 in 選択, but with the 長，率いる coach’s position still to be filled there are other 明確な／細部s which must wait to be 演説（する）／住所d.
Whoever he ends up working with will surely 株 the captain’s 査定／評価 of England’s 現在の form.
“I think if we’re 完全に 現実主義の, winning one game in 17 is nowhere 近づく good enough,” he said.
“Everyone needs to be 現実主義の with that. What we can do is say there’s only one way to go from here, which is up. I can’t 推定する／予想する it to just click and all of a sudden we’re number one in a year’s time.
“That would be fantastic, but I’m very excited about the 役割 I’ve got to play in hopefully making the England 実験（する） team 広大な／多数の／重要な again, it’s a big goal of 地雷 and I’m really looking 今後 to it.”
