(Reuters) – England test captain Ben Stokes will be sidelined for at least three months after further tests revealed he has torn his left hamstring, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Monday.
All-rounder Stokes, who missed four tests after tearing the same hamstring in The Hundred domestic competition in August, sustained the injury in the third test of England’s 2-1 series win over New Zealand last week.
The 33-year-old all-rounder bowled 24 overs in New Zealand’s first innings and was two balls into his 13th over of the second when he suffered the injury — a much heavier workload than in the first two tests.
“The Durham all-rounder will undergo surgery in January,” the ECB added in a statement.
England do not play again in the longest format until a one-off test against Zimbabwe in May before a five-match home series against India in July and August.
(Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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