Meanwhile, the participation of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins is also under clouds of doubt.
If ECB decides to not send its players to the IPL, it may prove too costly for a few franchises.
To add salts to their wounds, even centurion Jonny Bairstow has become doubtful for the final test match of the series.
In a mind-blowing incident, the umpire raised his finger deeming it a case of LBW when the ball had actually hit the stumps.
The fourth Ashes Test is set to get underway on Wednesday, January 5 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Although there weren’t many moments for the English players to enjoy in this match, there was one during Day 2 of the contest.
The Aussie all-rounder, who was bowled for a first-ball duck by Ollie Robinson in the first Test in Brisbane, was dismissed by Ben Stokes.
Reports state that the technology which is used to help third umpire for checking the no-ball is not available for the ongoing Ashes series.
Ben Stokes formally makes a comeback for the first Test with his name present there in the 12-member list. However, James Anderson has been benched.
The 30-year-old last donned national colours in July while leading a second-string England side to 3-0 series win over Pakistan.
It is understood that Buttler will be RR’S number 1 choice for retention.
Root went on to say that it looks like Stokes is back on track which makes it very exciting for everyone.
In no time, the comment box of Stokes got filled with critics making him remember the name of Carlos Brathwaite.
Reflecting on Asif Ali’s knock, Ben Stokes tweeted, “Remember the name” – the famous three words which on-air commentator Ian Bishop had used to describe Brathwaite’s innings against England in 2016.
The Durham cricketer underwent a second operation on a fractured left index finger from which he was recovering.
Stokes’ latest video has sparked hopes among the England fans that he could be included in England’s Ashes squad.
The 5-match Test series is scheduled to take place from December 8, 2021 to January 18, 2022.
In addition to the annual contracts, the board has also awarded increment contracts and pace bowling development contracts to few players, who have featured for the national side in recent times.
Ben Stokes will be out of action for a lengthy period in order to heal his finger completely.
The players that Maxwell has picked are Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Andre Russell (West Indies), Ben Stokes (England), Adam Gilchrist (Australia) and Shaun Tait (Australia).
The 30-year-old Stokes had said in July that he was taking “an indefinite break from all cricket” to take care of his mental well-being and rest his left index finger.
Ben Stokes’ Headingley heroics turns two years old.
As per the latest reports, franchises will be allowed to retain only three players ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction.
The 30-year-old has made this decision to prioritize his mental well-being apart from also resting his left index finger.
As many as nine uncapped players have been named in the squad.
Despite the Coronavirus outbreak in the English side, the ODI series against Pakistan will go ahead as scheduled.
Will this be the last season of MS Dhoni at Chennai Super Kings?
The 30-year-old had played a match-winning knock (68* off 55) against Sri Lanka in the 1st T20I.
Ben Stokes is currently recovering from the finger injury he picked up at the Indian Premier League 2021.
Apart from confirming his deputy, skipper Joe Root also announced the replacement of Ben Foakes for the first Test.
The England all-rounder had injured himself during Rajasthan Royals’ first game of the season against Punjab Kings, and had left for home.
Ben Stokes was ruled out of the remainder of the season owing to a finger injury. Notably, two more RR players – Jofra Archer and Liam Livingstone have been ruled out of this edition.
Although it was earlier being said that Stokes will continue to remain with the team, it was later revealed that he would need a surgery, for which he would be flying back to England.
Ben Stokes injured his finger in Rajasthan Royals opening game in IPL 2021.
The England all-rounder suffered a devastating blow to his finger while attempting to dismiss Chris Gayle in RR’s opening encounter against Punjab Kings.
Reflecting on the possible options for RR, the 38-year-old named a very exciting Aussie cricketer who has done well in Big Bash League.
Ben Stokes injured a finger on his left hand while fielding during the team’s match against Punjab Kings on 12 April 2021 in Mumbai.
The injury took place when the all-rounder dived forward to take a stunning catch to dismiss Chris Gayle.
While there have been some outstanding catches by Chetan Sakariya, Rahul Tewatia and Arshdeep Singh, there have been as many as five dropped catches as well.
Hardik must have felt relieved after seeing the back of the dangerous Ben Stokes and he bowed down in respect and relief after Dhawan took the catch safely.
World champions England looked in formidable form on Friday as Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes made a mockery of India’s bowling effort. The three-match ODI series is currently levelled 1-1.
Jos Buttler’s side hunted down the target of 337 runs in 43.3 overs on Friday to take the 3-match series to a decider.
England chased down the target of 337 in 43.3 overs with 6 wickets in hand in the second ODI on Friday. While Bairstow (124) completed a superb hundred, Stokes departed for 99.
Rishabh Pant smashed 7 sixes against England today and that is the joint-highest for any player against England.
The umpiring has been under the scanner in the entire limited over series and the high-scoring 2nd ODI again became the talk of the Twitter due to another controversial third umpire’s call.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Ben Stokes while he was on 99 which is when Stokes looked skywards and said “sorry.”
While the 29-year-old was focused on winning the challenge, the media was completely unaware of his intentions.
With the 3-match series set to begin on March 23, there will be some mouth-watering face-offs that fans could witness in the upcoming ODIs between India and England.
The England all-rounder threw himself up in the air, dived towards his left and plucked off a brilliant flying catch, much to the disbelief of everyone.
After parting ways with Steve Smith, the franchise will be led by wicket-keeper Sanju Samson in IPL 2021. RR would be hoping to win their second IPL title in this season.
In the ongoing Test match between India and England, Indian skipper Virat Kohli was involved in a heated conversation with England all-rounder Ben Stokes and his batting partner Jonny Bairstow on Day 1.
Siraj revealed that it was Stokes who abused the pacer in the beginning before the Indian skipper could then take matters into his own hands and deal with it.
It started after Mohammed Siraj bowled a bouncer to the left-handed Stokes to end the 13th over with the latter uttering a few words.
Despite winning a crucial toss, England could not capitalise on the advantage and lost as many as 9 wickets to the spin duo of Axar Patel and R Ashwin.