Ashes 2021 LIVE: Ben Stokes gives update on knee injury

Ashes 2021 LIVE: Ben Stokes injury update- England allrounder Ben Stokes have shared a major update on his fitness ahead of pink-ball Test. He looked in trouble during the opening Test which barred him from bowling longer spells. Ahead of Adelaide Test, Stokes has downplayed concern over his knee injury that “flares up every now and then.” Follow Ashes 2021 live updates on InsideSport.IN

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“Having a long break is going to show itself I guess, but there are no excuses from me. People will have seen me rubbing my knee from time to time when I was in the field, but rest assured I’m fine,” Stokes wrote in his column for UK tabloid The Mirror.

“It just gets a little bit uncomfortable every now and again in and around my cartilage, but it just looks worse than it is by the way I try and get off it as soon as I can,” he added.

Ben Stokes failed to make his mark after returning to cricket after 4+ months. He managed scores of just 5 & 14. He also leaked 65 runs from 12 overs and bowled a number of no-balls, including David Warner’s wicket which would have changed the context of the game. The ICC’s automated no-ball decision failed at Brisbane amid an impotent technical facility amid border lockdown. Snicko for edge technology also failed to assist in the entire Test.

“It was frustrating to have David Warner out early in his innings only for a no-ball to chalk it off,” he further stated.

Stokes had missed England’s home Test series against India earlier this year after playing just a couple of matches in The Hundred in July. He had announced mental health break and finger injury were reasons behind his absence.

The England talisman feels England are in no panic after losing the opening Test.

“Now is not the time to panic. We have a good track record of bouncing back pretty well after a defeat early in a series,” Stokes said.

“We came back against South Africa to win, we came back against the West Indies last year to win, so we’ve done it before and we can do it again,” he concluded.

Ashes 2021 LIVE: Ben Stokes gives major update on knee injury ahead of pink-ball Adelaide Test- Follow LIVE updates

Why Ben Stokes is important for England?

A rare number of players of England players have tasted success against Australia in their backyard. Stokes had announced his arrival in Tests with a century at Perth and relishes the battle between the two teams.

In the last three years, Ben Stokes averages nearly 45 with the bat and 28 with the ball.
He is ranked 3rd in ICC’s rankings for all-rounders despite his long absence from cricket.
His unbeaten 135 at Headingley in 2019 which helped England chase down 362 and win by one wicket remains one of the best performances of the 21^st century.
Against Australia, talisman Stokes has amassed 940 runs in 15 matches which features 3 centuries and 4 fifties. He has also scalped 34 wickets against the Aussies.
England are yet to defeat Australia in Ashes since 2011. They have are yet to register a victory in the last 11 matches (10 losses, 1 drawn)

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Squads

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith (vc), Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

England: Joe Root (c), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

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