Captain of England Ben Stokes speaks during a press conference in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Tuesday July 1, 2025. AP / PTI (AP07_01_2025_000203a)
Captain of England Ben Stokes on Sunday broke his silence of his availability for the fifth and last test of the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, to play Thursday.Stokes said he had suffered from pain in his right biceps tendon – at the top of various other injuries – because he did not yawn 12 overs during the hard draw in India in Old Trafford.“I don’t want to eat my words, but the probability that I don’t play is very unlikely,” said Stokes.“Mentally, I’m decent. Physically, I was better.”“It was a fairly large workload so far in this series,” said the captain of England.“It was another big week in the third test at Lord’s, and the same this week. Pain is only an emotion, so it is only one of these things.“This is my biceps tendon. He had a lot of workload. It is a lot of time in doing my job. It did not get worse. I hope it will be installed and will be as good as gold for the last match.”Stokes is the main flare holder on each side in the England-Indian series with 17 counters-his most successful bowlingal return during a 12-year test career. The 140 letters he played in the series is also the highest workload of his career.“It was a big five or six weeks,” he said. “I will always give everything I can.
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Will Ben Stokes play in the final test against India?
“I think everyone will be quite similar: stop it, rest and give itself the best selection. I will not hide from the fact that it was difficult, especially for the bowling unit. We like to take out our team a few days before, but we may have to take more time to give the most time as possible.“We are going in 2-1, but we want to make this last great performance. We continued to say today: a last push before a last push next week. There is still a lot of work to do in this series.”