Root, who resigned from the captaincy after the seriesdefeat against the West Indies, scored two hundreds while batting at three inthe Caribbean but Stokes feels that he is more suited to his original position.
"I"ve already spoken with Joe. I"ve asked him to goback to four and I"m going to be at six," Stokes said.
"Wherever Joe bats he gets runs, but his bestposition is at four. Joe will probably be averaging 90 now instead of 60 soit"ll be good."
Root averages 51.27 at number four compared to 39.67 atthree.
"I feel him at four and me at six gives us a bit ofexperience in that gap. So you can obviously see where the places are openingup for people... it"s three and five," added Stokes, who smashed 161 off88 for Durham against Worcestershire in the County Championship this week. Readfull story
The 30-year-old earlier said that he would recall veteranfast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who were left out of thethree-Test series against the West Indies which England lost 1-0. Read fullstory
Stokes" recent appointment is part of a major shake-up inEngland cricket, with former batsman Rob Key coming in as managing director ofthe men"s team following the departure of Ashley Giles.
The first of three Tests against New Zealand getsunderway at Lord"s on June 2.
