Stokes trained for about 45 minutes. He was seen doing shuttle runs with strength and conditioning coach Peter Sam. Then did the nets. (Pakistan England Test)
English captain Ben Stokes will not be able to play the first test match against Pakistan. The 33-year-old cricketer said after the training session in Multan on Saturday that he has not been able to fully recover from the injury. He was injured during the Hundred League 2 months ago.
Ollie Pop will captain the team in place of Stokes. Chris Woakes or Brayden Carse may get a chance in the team. Woakes has been waiting for a chance in the Overseas Test for two and a half years. He played his last Test on Asian ground in 2016. At the same time, CARS is waiting for DEBSU cap. The 3-Test series against Pakistan is starting from 7th October.(Pakistan England Test)
Brayden Carse (left) and Oliver Peter (right) during a practice session.
Couldn’t even play against Sri Lanka The England team will be without Ben Stokes for the fourth consecutive match. He was not part of the team in the Test series against Sri Lanka last month. Ollie Pop captained that series. England won the home series 2-1.(Pakistan England Test)
Players of both teams warming up before practice.
Stokes was injured in The Hundred League Stokes was injured while playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred League on Sunday. Against Manchester Originals at Old Trafford he suddenly stopped after scoring a run and had to be carried off the field.(Pakistan England Test)
Ben Stokes got injured during the Hundred League.
Won the series against West Indies 3-0 Stokes decided to stay out of the Indian Premier League and T20 World Cup to recover from a knee injury. Then, in three Test matches against the West Indies, he took five wickets at an average of 34.20 and led England to a 3–0 series win over the West Indies.
He played his last match between 26 and 28 July against West Indies in Birmingham. He scored 54 runs in the first innings and 57 runs in the second innings. He also got one wicket.
Stokes took 5 wickets against West Indies.
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