LONDON: England Take a look at captain Ben Stokes says that he has undergone profitable surgical procedure after being struck within the face by a cricket ball.
The 34-year-old all-rounder posted an image on Instagram final week exhibiting his eye closely swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nostril.
“You need to see the state of the cricket ball,” learn the caption, alongside a laughing face emoji.
On Tuesday, he posted once more from the hospital with a photograph of his swollen face and the caption: “Might not appear to be it, however the surgical procedure was successful.”
Stokes is again in England following a woeful Ashes tour, which ended with a 4-1 collection loss to Australia.
Though he has made it clear he needs to proceed to captain the red-ball aspect, his place stays unsure and there may be an England and Wales Cricket Board evaluation.
Stokes is now not a member of England’s white-ball set-up and is not on the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
He might subsequent play for Durham within the early rounds of the County Championship earlier than England start their dwelling Take a look at season in opposition to New Zealand at Lord’s on June 4 — Stokes’s thirty fifth birthday.
