Stokes on Bashir: “We will turn to him if that’s what we want to do.”

Due to a knee injury he suffered during the first Test, Ben Stokes has revealed that Jack Leach will not be available for the second Test in Visakhapatnam. Leach had a knee injury while fielding in the first Test in Hyderabad, and he was only able to play brief periods of time the rest of the game. After one more inspection of the field on Thursday, Stokes will announce his starting eleven and determine whether England will include an additional seamer. Leach’s Somerset teammate Shoaib Bashir is standing by, and Stokes encouraged Bashir to take advantage of this, his sixth first-class encounter. Read More…

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Ben Stokes first suggested Shoaib Bashir for England’s tour of India after watching a clip of his first-class debut back in June 😯 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/8o2CkyynS5

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