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Ben Stokes: England Test captain out for at least three months with torn left hamstring

England Test captain Ben Stokes requires surgery on a torn left hamstring and has been ruled out of all cricket for at least three months.

Stokes, 33, suffered the injury while bowling on day three of the third Test against New Zealand earlier this month.

It is the second time Stokes has torn his left hamstring this year, having sustained the same injury while playing in The Hundred in August.

England said all-rounder Stokes will have surgery in January.

Stokes was not included in England’s squads for the white-ball tour of India and the Champions Trophy in January and February because of the injury.

He had been set to play for MI Cape Town in the SA20, South Africa’s franchise T20 league, in January but will now miss the tournament.

England’s next Test is not until they face Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge in May.

Stokes will be aiming to be fit again for the first round of the County Championship, with Durham facing Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on 4 April, though that will depend on his recovery from surgery.

Stokes opted out of entering the auction for the 2025 Indian Premier League, which takes place from March to May, in order to prolong his England career.


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