Ben Stokes suffers setback on road to return from horror facial injury as surgeon delivers bad news ahead of County Championship season
Ben Stokes has had his target of featuring in half of Durham’s opening six County Championship fixtures eradicated by specialists while the club have ‘no expectations’ of fellow international Mark Wood playing for them this season. I have no expectations of Mark Wood playing. That's the facts.’However, Matthew Potts, who featured in defeat to Australia in Sydney, has had no appearance restrictions placed upon him by the ECB in the build-up to June’s Test series against New Zealand. ‘In my book, he's playing all six games. Obviously, he won't play all six games, but he's cleared to play all 6 games.
Source: Daily Mail March 28, 2026 20:02 UTC
