Stokes has been struggling badly with a chronic left knee problem for the past year and has been in visible pain throughout the current series against Australia. “The times I’ve seen specialists and stuff like that, there has been cricket around, so as it’s been manageable we’ve just cracked on. “So it’s obviously something that I want to be able to do and hopefully I can get sorted. “The way in which Australians and England players speak about the Ashes, it’s obviously the big one. “In two or three weeks I’ll probably get bored and just schedule a squad game or something like that.”

Source: The Times July 26, 2023 17:15 UTC