Ben Stokes was the most-used pacer during the three-match Test series against West Indies
Ben Stokes’s return to the County Championship has been delayed for at least a month. Stokes underwent a scan on his left knee, after England‘s tour of West Indies last month. The right-arm pacer was seen in some sort of trouble during England’s 1-0 series loss. However, he was still the most-utilized bowler by skipper Joe Root during the course of the three Tests.
Stokes admitted that his return to county cricket is likely to be delayed. “I think it was pretty obvious that I was struggling with my knee a bit out in the Caribbean,” Stokes said. “At the moment there is no training. So I will go and get the scans and then we can find out what’s going on, and then hopefully can make a plan from there,” Stokes said on Talking on the Round the Wicket podcast.
“Ben had a scan on his left knee which didn’t reveal anything new. We had planned for him to return to LV= Insurance County Championship cricket in early May and, while he is feeling tender in the knee, that plan remains the same following the scan. We’ll continue to manage him in conjunction with Durham,” a spokesperson was quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Talking about Stokes numbers in Test cricket, the 30-year-old has represented England in 79 matches, in which he has scored 5061 runs at an average of 35.89. The left-handed batter has already stroked 26 fifties and 11 hundreds in the longest format of the game. In bowling, he has scalped 174 wickets.
