Stokes, whose deputy Ollie Pope will lead the team in his absence, has been battling a variety of fitness issues over the course of the Rothesay series and has finally been laid low with a problem that reared its head during last week’s draw at Old Trafford.
“I am obviously disappointed,” Stokes added.
“Obviously, there is a bit of emotion that goes into this stuff when you find out what you have done. I came down here this morning to give myself every chance to play just as a batter.
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“It is one of those of weighing up the risk and reward and the risk was way too high for the damage.
“Once the series was done, I was feet up anyway, so it doesn’t make too much difference from what I had at the end of the series until the winter anyway.”
Stokes will be replaced by Jacob Bethell, making his first Test appearance of the year in one of four changes to the England XI.
Three fresh quicks come into the side, with Surrey pair Gus Atkinson and Jamie Overton returning on home soil and Josh Tongue completing the line-up.
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