.England captain Ben Stokes pointed out Sunday he will miss the first Exam versus Pakistan beginning next full week, after stopping working to recover from a hamstring injury.The 33-year-old Stokes has actually been actually out because the start of August with a hamstring tear endured during the course of The Hundred, missing his group’s 2-1 home Exam set win versus Sri Lanka last month.Top-order concoction Ollie Pope, who led the edge versus Sri Lanka, will stand in once again for the very first of three suits beginning in the core urban area of Multan on Monday.” I tried my hardest to acquire on my own fit for this game,” Stokes said to reporters.” But have actually taken decision to miss this given that I have actually not quite procured activity prepared.” View India v New Zealand LIVE & exclusive to Fox Athletics, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > All-rounder Feeds was at group process on Friday as well as Saturday, batting in the webs as well as bowling a few shipments along with a brief start.But the captain stated he was actually “uncertain” he would join the second Test– also in Multan as well as slated for Oct 15.” I’ve pressed on my own extremely challenging and worked truly difficult along with the medical group to come to where I’m at now,” he pointed out.” I believe I’m more in advance than what our experts anticipated.
I’ll be functioning equally difficult over the next 10 days to try to acquire myself fit for the second Test.” Behind time last month the England and also Wales Cricket Panel said Stokes had actually been actually “on the right track” to play against Pakistan.” There is actually a whole lot that needs to go in to my rehabilitation program,” he claimed.” It is actually regularly discouraging to miss out.” Ben Stokes of England. Picture by Stu Forster/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesWith Feeds out, England revealed their eleven for the very first Exam, giving rate bowler Brydon Carse his launching in the longer format.The visitors will certainly enter into the Examination along with three pacers in Carse, Gus Atkinson and Chris Woakes, together with the spin duo of Jack Leach as well as Shoaib Bashir.Opener Zak Crawley additionally returns to the squad after skipping the Sri Lanka collection with a broken finger.England XIOllie Pope (leader), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Port Leach, Joe Origin, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes.