The former Test skipper will drop back down the order having spent the West Indies series at No.3
England Test captain Ben Stokes has confirmed Joe Root will move back to No.4 in the batting order.
Root went up for another spell at No.3 during the West Indies, after which he resigned as skipper.
He averages 39.67 at three compared to 51.27 at four, where 14 of his 25 centuries have occurred.
"I’ve already spoken with Joe. I’ve asked him to go back to four and I’m going to be at six," said Stokes.
"Wherever Joe bats he gets runs, but his best position is at four. Joe will probably be averaging 90 now instead of 60, so it’ll be good!
"I feel him at four and me at six gives us a bit of experience in that gap. So you can obviously see where the places are opening up for people to put their hands up: it’s three and five.
Stokes believes he will have to cut down on his white-ball outings (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
"I now feel I have to follow a lot more of the county games now to see who is scoring runs rather than just checking the Durham score."
As well and moving down the Test batting order Stokes has accepted he will need to cut back his playing schedule which will include missing a handful of white-ball matches.
"The schedule definitely is something that needs looking at. It is ridiculous the amount of cricket that is expected of people," he said.
"The fact there is a Test match and one-day series overlapping sums it up. It really needs looking at from a workload point of view.
"I don’t want to miss England matches, I want to play as much as I can for England.
"In an ideal world you would have a schedule that allows you to play everything, but unfortunately it is not possible and my number-one priority is Test cricket at the moment, so I have to prioritise that over white ball."
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