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Stokes set for knee operation, Woakes called up
- Updated: May 23, 2016
Ben Stokes is expected to undergo a knee operation on Tuesday afternoon, a minor procedure that is likely to rule him out of action until the tour of Pakistan in July.
Stokes felt his left knee lock up while bowling on the second afternoon of last week’s Headingley Test, and though he returned to the field to bowl four more overs, he played no part in the closing stages of England’s commanding innings-and-88-run victory.
His place in the squad for the second Test, at his home ground of Chester-le-Street, has been taken by the Warwickshire allrounder Chris Woakes, who is the only change to England’s 12-man squad.
Stokes underwent a scan on Sunday and is booked in for further evaluation by specialists on Tuesday morning. However, an ECB spokesman confirmed to ESPNcricinfo the likelihood that he will require a minor operation to clean out his knee cartilage. Though he can expect to …
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