Captain Ben Stokes says he is fit enough to play a greater role with the ball after England pick three spinners for the deciding Test in Pakistan.
Captain Ben Stokes says he is fit enough to play a greater role with the ball after England picked three spinners on a pitch that has been "raked" for the deciding Test against Pakistan.
"It was good to get through it," said Stokes of the second Test. "I have put myself through my paces at training, bowled two spells. He had surgery last November and was eventually able to return to his full role as an all-rounder until he suffered the hamstring injury playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred in August.
Captain Shan Masood expressed a desire for the Rawalpindi pitch to turn, and pictures emerged on social media on Sunday of the surface being dried with industrial-sized fans, heaters and windbreaks. "There's not too much grass to hold everything together. It will be interesting to see how it goes. It will be a pretty good wicket for the first couple of days, at least."
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