Hussain: Smart Stokes has led remarkable England turnaround

After one win in 17 Tests, England have now secured four victories on the bounce, with each of them coming after superb run chases.

The one against India topped the lot as the hosts knocked off a record 378 at Edgbaston, with the in-form Jonny Bairstow (114no) and Joe Root (142no) taking their team home on the fifth morning.

Sky Sports Cricket's Nasser Hussain reflects on a "truly remarkable" victory and the transformative impact new captain Ben Stokes has had...

I don't know of an England cricket captain that has had a quicker impact on our Test team than Stokes.

The first time I saw him arrive in this England side I thought he was a smart cricketer.

There are talented cricketers that go out there and do it and then there are smart cricketers. Very rarely do you get a talented, smart cricketer - but that is what Stokes is. You look at the World Cup final or Headingley in 2019.

He thinks his way through any given situation, so when I was asked who should take over from Joe Root as England captain there was only one candidate.

[His early success] shows you not to judge a player by people that have gone before.

All I heard was 'it doesn't work for all-rounders as England captain, Sir Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff etc'. He is not Botham or Flintoff, he is Ben Stokes.

I have been impressed by some of the tactics and how he has handled spinner Jack Leach, some of the subtle tactics a viewer might not see on their TV screen.

For example, for James Anderson and Stuart Broad he has mid-off and mid-on so straight and a cover but not a cover-point, saying to them 'you are going to pitch the ball up as we are looking for wickets'.

The pace of change has amazed me - and that is the Brendon McCullum factor.

England had Broad padded up