Stokes batted and briefly bowled in the nets on Friday, but Monday's Test could come too soon for England's captain
Stokes batted and briefly bowled in the nets on Friday, but Monday's Test could come too soon for England's captainat the end of the summer, the hope was that Stokes would be fit to play at least as a batter during the three-match series in Pakistan that starts on Monday.
However, it has emerged the 33-year-old is now struggling to win his race for fitness, with Zak Crawley admitting on Friday: “He seems to be going well, recovering well from his injury. We don’t know just yet. I think he’s got to do a few more tests, but he’s been doing some running and stuff.” Stokes batted for around half an hour in the nets in Multan on Friday and also bowled six to 12 balls off a couple of paces into a mitt.It was always expected that the all-rounder would struggle to bowl in this series. Yet the news that he could miss out entirely for the first Test is a blow to England’s hopes of repeating their
There appeared to have been encouraging news on the injury when England said a scan Stokes had on 25 September had been “positive”. Yet it is also worth noting that they only would go as far as saying he was “on track” to play in “the series” against Pakistan and didn’t specify whether he would be fit for the first Test.is likely to lead the team again in Stokes’ absence as he did during the Sri Lanka series at the end of the summer. England are likely to name their XI for the first Test on Saturday.by a team who still have outside hopes of qualifying for next year’s World Test Championship final at Lord’s.
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