Stokes hopeful of returning this season

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Ben Stokes is hopeful that his international season is not over despite the calf injury that has ruled him out of the third against Pakistan and appears likely to keep him out of the final Test as well.

Stokes pulled up during his sixth over in Pakistan’s second innings at Old Trafford and subsequent MRI scans confirmed a tear. He will undergo further assessment when the England squad meet up at Edgbaston on Monday but the fourth Test at The Oval, which begins on August 11, will almost certainly come too soon for him.

Stokes tweeted about his frustration having just returned from knee surgery after he pulled up during the first Test against Sri Lanka in May. The Old Trafford Test was his first match back for England.

“Devastated about the injury especially with all …

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