HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — England captain Ben Stokes limped from the field with a recurrence of a hamstring injury on Day 3 of the third and final Test against New Zealand.
Stokes was bowling the second ball of his 13th over when, on his follow-through, he clutched at the hamstring of his left leg.
He immediately walked from the field with his hand covering the lower half of his face on which was etched both pain and distress.a
Stokes suffered a serious injury to his left hamstring while playing in The Hundred in August for the Northern Superchargers against the Manchester Originals.
He was on crutches for some time and forced to miss England’s test series against Sri Lanka and the first test of the subsequent series against Pakistan.
Ollie Pope took over the captaincy in Stokes’ absence.
The visitors were 18/2 while chasing 657. The highest winning fourth innings total in test history is 418.
