England’s Ben Stokes seen in motion in Check match towards West Indies at Lord’s Cricket Floor, London, Britain on July 11, 2024. — Reuters
LONDON: England Check captain Ben Stokes says that he has undergone profitable surgical procedure after being struck within the face by a cricket ball.
The 34-year-old all-rounder posted an image on Instagram final week exhibiting his eye closely swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nostril.
“You should see the state of the cricket ball,” learn the caption, alongside a laughing face emoji.
— Instagram@stokesy
On Tuesday, he posted once more from the hospital with a photograph of his swollen face and the caption: “May not look like it, but the surgery was a success.”
Stokes is again in England following a woeful Ashes tour, which ended with a 4-1 sequence loss to Australia.
Though he has made it clear he desires to proceed to captain the red-ball facet, his place stays unsure and there’s an England and Wales Cricket Board evaluate.
Stokes is now not a member of England’s white-ball set-up and is not on the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
He might subsequent play for Durham within the early rounds of the County Championship earlier than England start their dwelling Check season towards New Zealand at Lord’s on June 4 — Stokes’s thirty fifth birthday.
