England Test skipper Ben Stokes will be making a comeback to international cricket after a long layoff of four months. He will be back to leading the team in the one-off Test match against Zimbabwe.
Stokes has been out of the game since picking up a hamstring injury in the Test series against New Zealand in December 2024. He underwent a surgery in January and since then has been out of the Test side.
Ben Stokes' hamstring injury has been a recurring issue with him in his career. He picked up his most recent hamstring injury playing in The Hundred for the Superchargers last August. That ruled him out of the Test series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
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Not Fully Through But Excited To Get Back - Ben Stokes
On the patch of complete recovery from his hamstring injury, Stokes is looking to make a comeback to international cricket at peak fitness.
"My ethos when I'm injured is I come back fitter than I was before I got injured. I've worked incredibly hard on all aspects of everything, from my cricket to fitness, and know I'm going to be in a position when I am back on the field to potentially be in physically the best possible shape I have been in," said Stokes to Sky Cricket.
He further spoke in detail about his rehabilitation from his recent injury. He said that he handled this rehabilitation a lot better than the last.
"The time has allowed me to not have to get into the mindset of everyday waking up and thinking about what I need to do to feel right in my head that I am fit. Those are the unseen things that people from outside don't necessarily see.
"It was a tough old slog and was very tiring and taxing, not just physically but also mentality, doing something every single day to try and get myself to the next level of my rehab. It does take it out of you; it was pretty much every day for about six weeks where I had to do something, three or four sessions a day, it was tough.
"I'm not fully through that yet but we're at the back end of the four-month period and I'm excited to get back to playing this summer."
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