Stokes searching for ways to keep 'serious player' Smith quiet

England captain Ben Stokes believes that Steve Smith and Joe Root are the greatest batsmen of their generation

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00:00Serious player, has been for a very long time. Him and Joey Root, neck and neck in my opinion,

00:10in terms of the greatest batters of this generation. You always want to come up with ways to try and keep the best players quiet

00:21and that's something that obviously we're going to have to do. It'll be a hard thing to be able to do.

00:27But look, if we can keep Steve Smith, Marnus, all the other guys in the baton order quiet,

00:34then we've given ourselves a good chance to achieve the goal that we want.