Ben Stokes has suffered a major facial damage after being struck by a cricket ball.
The England Take a look at captain posted an image on Instagram exhibiting his proper eye closely swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nostril.
He captioned the image: “You should see the state of the cricket ball.”
The 34-year-old is again in England following the dismal Ashes tour, which ended with a 4-1 defeat final month, with query marks nonetheless hanging over his place, amid an ECB evaluate.
The autopsy remains to be persevering with with England coach Brendan McCullum claiming a number of the fall-out has been “out of order”.
Stokes subsequent may characteristic for Durham within the early County Championship rounds earlier than England kick off their Take a look at summer time towards New Zealand at Lord’s on June 4.
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