# Key refuses to back Stokes as captain, Root to lead at The Oval & England considering alcohol ban Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/key-refuses-to-back-stokes-as-captain-root-to-lead-at-the-oval-england-considering-alcohol-ban Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/key-refuses-to-back-stokes-as-captain-root-to-lead-at-the-oval-england-considering-alcohol-ban.md Podcast: [Wisden Cricket Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378) Published: 2026-06-11T14:27:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG3134004984.mp3 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG3134004984.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/episodes/key-refuses-to-back-stokes-as-captain-root-to-lead-at-the-oval-england-considering-alcohol-ban Duration seconds: 2533 ## Resource Cameron Ponsonby, Mark Butcher and Phil Walker on the latest from the Stokes-Atkinson incident including Rob Key's press conference, Stokes' unclear future and the decision to appoint Joe Root as interim captain. KIA UK πŸš— Find out more about Kia’s range of EVs: https://www.kia.com/uk/electric-hybrid-cars/electric-cars/ πŸ‘€ PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket πŸ‘‰ SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@WisdenCricket?sub_confirmation=1 #Cricket #EnglandCricket #TestCricket #ENGvNZ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/episodes/key-refuses-to-back-stokes-as-captain-root-to-lead-at-the-oval-england-considering-alcohol-ban/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/key-refuses-to-back-stokes-as-captain-root-to-lead-at-the-oval-england-considering-alcohol-ban.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.