London, April 11 -- Speaking on star all-rounder Ben Stokes' future in white-ball cricket, England team's managing director Rob Key said that "he cannot see him playing it in the immediate future." he said the focus currently lies on Test cricket and restoring his full workload as a pace-bowling all-rounder.

Speaking on the podcast, as posted by the Sky Sports Cricket X handle, Key said, "I cannot see him playing in the immediate future. So the whole point with Ben is now he just actually Neil Colleen, our bowling coach (Neil Killeen, elite pace bowling coach), was working with him last week or a few days ago, and he started his bowling at 75 percent. And that's the focus."

Key also acknowledged that newly-appointed white-ball captain H...