Captain Ben Stokes is unlikely to play any competitive cricket before the first fixture of England’s legacy-defining Test ...

So acute is the agitation over Ben Stokes’s fitness that even the sight of him breaking into a light trot at ...

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Stokes' hamstring surgery followed an operation on a long-standing knee injury in late 2023 England Test captain Ben Stokes is not expected to play for Durham in the early rounds of the County ...

Michael Vaughan believes it would be "nonsense" and "selfish" for England to make Ben Stokes a white-ball captain. Test skipper Stokes is under consideration for at least one of the limited-overs ...

Stokes hasn't played at any level since he tore his left hamstring in December and the experienced all-rounder continues to track well with his recovery ahead of a busy 12 months that includes a ...