Stick To Cricket: Botham says Stokes could quit England

Betfair and The Overlap present "Stick to Cricket," featuring England cricket legends Michael Vaughan, David 'Bumble' Lloyd, and Phil 'Tuffers' Tufnell.

The weekly show offers insights and discussions, with special guests joining the cricket icons to delve into the sport's hottest topics. 

This week, Ian Botham joins the team to discuss Ben Stokes' future, the England captaincy and more.

Read a selection of the key quotes, which have been condensed, below and watch the episode to get the full story.

Watch Stick To Cricket

It would not surprise me if Stokes lost captaincy

Ian Botham: Some people just don't learn, do they? It's as simple as that. We as a club, when he had the problems in Bristol, we stood by Ben Stokes, and I stood by him as chairman, but I really can't see how you can justify what happened after the game.

What I can't get my head around is what the security bloke is doing there if he knows they shouldn't be there after midnight. He shouldn't have to overrule the captain.

I know where it will go now, and it wouldn't surprise me if Ben did lose the captaincy, and he might walk away from the game. It was an unnecessary procedure and one that I think he'll regret. 

Root should have said no to captaincy 

Botham: Why is the vice-captain not the captain? Why would you have him as vice-captain in the Test side and now bring Joe Root back? If I was Joe, I'd have said no.  

If you look at his record when he was captain, he got a lot of stick from people saying he wasn't attacking enough or got his bowling changes wrong. If I was advising him, I'd tell him to just go and play. You're the best player in the team, go and bat it out. It's not your problem what the rest of the team is doing. 

Test Cricket should be the priority in England

Botham: You talk to people around the world and ask them who won the IPL two years ago, and no one knows, but they remember who won the Ashes.  

Test cricket is testing all your faculties: stamina, skills, abilities, patience, and mental strength. Nowadays you just know you've got to go out there and smash it from the word go.  

Test cricket should still be the priority in this country, but I don't think it is at the moment. It's been shuffled around to accommodate all the one-day stuff, and that is scary, because if you lose Test cricket, you lose cricket full stop.  

Get the latest cricket previews and tips from Ed Hawkins