Stokes has had a pretty tough winter and, from my perspective, it is hard interviewing a losing captain all the time.
But after this win, he was just really thoughtful. He spoke intelligently about Test cricket and the pitch. That was the pre-Ashes Stokes.
Now you want him to get some runs because that is becoming a talking point.
I hope the move to number seven works for him but he is not quite looking like the Stokes that walked out, bossed around, owned the crease and played the big shot.
He does seem a bit more reserved with his batting at the moment. All he needs is a good innings.
He just needs to get away, get a good score and he will be off again. That is probably the next thing that needs to be ticked off as far as this team is concerned – their captain back among the runs.
New Zealand will be kicking themselves for four bad drops. In a low-scoring game, you cannot drop four catches like that. The rub of the green did not necessarily go their way with the technology either.
But Tom Latham said they are not going to really take too much out of this match, they are just going to forget about it – that is probably the best thing from their perspective.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport’s Sam Drury
