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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.<\/b><\/p>\n
Stokes, 33, suffered the injury while bowling on day three of the third Test against New Zealand earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
England said Durham all-rounder Stokes will have surgery in January.<\/p>\n
“Something else to overcome – go on then,” Stokes posted on X., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “I’ve got so much more left in this tank and so much more blood sweat and tears to go through for my team and this shirt.<\/p>\n “There’s a reason I have a phoenix permanently inked on my body.”<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n England’s next Test is not until they face Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge in May.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n