England Captain Ben Stokes speaks during a press conference in Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Tuesday 1 July 2025. AP/PTI (AP07_01_2025_000203A)
On Sunday, England Ben Stokes broke his silence about his availability for the fifth and latest test Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, which is to be played on Oval since Thursday.Stokes said he suffered from pain in his true biceps tendon-on the peak of various other injuries-because only 12 overs bowed during a hard combat draw in an old Traffic.“I don’t want to eat my words, but the likelihood of not playing is very unlikely,” Stokes said.“Mentally, I’m decent. I was physically better.”“In this series it has been quite a lot of work burden,” the captain of England said.“It was another big week in the third Lord’s test and the same this week. Pain is just emotion, so it’s just one of these things.“It’s my biceps tendon. It’s a lot of workload. It’s a lot of time in the middle of work.Stokes is the leading goalkeeper on both sides in the England-India series with 17 goals-is the most successful bowling return during a 12-year-old test career. 140 Overs, which bowed in the series, is also the highest workload of his career.“It was five or six weeks,” he said. “I always give everything I could. I ask people to try to flow through the brick wall for the team, and I will always try to do the same and lead an example. Bowling and being in the field is hard work, so I’m quite sore.”
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“I think everyone will be quite similar: close it, relax and have the best chance to choose from. I will not hide from the fact that it was a difficult few days, especially for the bowling unit. We like to get our team a few days ago, but we may have to take as much time to recover.”“We’re going to 2-1 up, but we want to give the last big power. Today we said: One last pressure before the last pressure next week. There’s still a lot of hard work in this series.”
