Visibly distressed England captain Ben Stokes suffered a recurrence of a hamstring damage on Monday whereas bowling throughout the third Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand in Hamilton.
Stokes, who suffered a torn hamstring on the identical left leg in August, was to endure a scan on Monday night time or Tuesday morning after hobbling off halfway by way of the afternoon session clutching his leg.
The inspirational 33-year-old is a doubted to bat within the fourth innings of the Take a look at at Seddon Park, the place England has been set a nominal goal of 658 to win. They have been 18-2 at stumps on day three.
Batting coach Marcus Trescothick mentioned it was “robust” for Stokes to simply accept he was injured once more.
“It’s the identical hamstring as he’s had earlier than,” he advised reporters.
Stokes’s 23 overs in New Zealand’s first innings was essentially the most he has bowled in a single day in his 110-Take a look at profession.
Stokes was bowling his thirteenth over of the second innings when he pulled up with a grimace, clutching his leg in his follow-through earlier than hobbling to the dressing room. He didn’t return.
Trescothick mentioned, “He’s been going so properly and he’s been bowling and taking part in the position that he does, as an all-rounder and captain.
“He’s proven indicators throughout the course of this sequence of getting again to health.”
Stokes missed your complete three-Take a look at dwelling sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka in August-September and was solely deemed match sufficient to affix the October sequence in Pakistan for the second Take a look at after tearing his hamstring.
His 66.3 overs on this sequence is essentially the most he has despatched down in a sequence as captain.
He pulled up with a again drawback throughout the first Take a look at in Christchurch however there had been little doubt about his availability for the 2 remaining matches.
“We didn’t see it coming. You don’t see any indicators of these items typically, they simply occur,” Trescothick mentioned.
“He’s fairly life like about these items once they occur. It’s all the time robust firstly if you realise you’re injured once more.
“He works dramatically properly at what he does together with his health to get into that form the place he could be. We simply have to have a look at how we will handle it.”
AFP