England captain Ben Stokes will miss the deciding Test against India after being ruled out with a right shoulder injury.
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.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Stokes said no surgery was required with a six-to-seven period of recovery ahead – offering a firm “yes” when asked if he was confident of being fit in time for this winter’s Ashes.
“I am obviously disappointed,” Stokes added.
“I have got a decent tear in one of the muscles I can’t pronounce. We took as long as we could to make the decision around that.
“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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“I think you need that time chatting with the medical team, Baz (McCullum), then 20 minutes with myself to really be clear around the decision that we made.
“It is one of those of weighing up the risk and reward and the risk was way too high for the damage.
“I wouldn’t expect to put any of my players at risk with an injury like this so I will start rehabbing now and focus on what we have got coming up in the winter.
“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.”
Asked if he needed to manage his workload better, Stokes said: “When I’m out on the field I play to win. I give everything I can. That’s how much England means to me. This team needs means to me. There’s nothing else I could have done before this series [to prevent this].”
Stokes will be replaced by Jacob Bethell, making his first Test appearance of the year in one of four changes to the England XI.
Liam Dawson has been dropped one match into his comeback, with England opting to go without a front-line spinner, while pace pair Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse are rested.
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.
England XI for fifth Test vs India: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue.
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