Inside Ben Stokes' bombshell retirement: The dressing-room confidants he told first, why Brendon McCullum was not surprised... and how the battle with England chiefs unfolded behind the scenes

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Before Ben Stokes went to bed in Hart's Hotel in Nottingham city centre on Saturday night, he told Joe Root and Harry Brook - his predecessor as Test captain and, no doubt, his successor - of his plans.

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