Ben Stokes | Source: X.com
England Test captain Ben Stokes has been sidelined for the rest of the summer season after suffering a hamstring tear.
Stokes sustained the injury on Sunday, 11 August, during a match in The Hundred. The England captain had to be carried off the field and is now officially ruled out for the summer.
“England Men’s Test Captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out for the rest of the summer after tearing his left hamstring while playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred on Sunday. As a result of the scans conducted in Leeds on Tuesday, Stokes will miss England’s three-match Rothesay Test series against Sri Lanka, which begins at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday, 21 August. There will be no addition to the squad for this series,” the ECB statement said.
England confirmed the news in an official press release, stating that no replacements will be added to the squad for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, set to begin on 21 August.
Meanwhile, the team’s vice-captain, Ollie Pope, will assume the role of captain in the absence of Ben Stokes.
