All-rounder Ben Stokes hopes to be quite fit for the fifth and final ash test against Australia despite suffering from side tensions when bowling in Sydney, the English team said James Anderson said.
Stokes was treated to tightness on his left right before lunch on the second day of the fourth test and had scanned to determine the seriousness of the injury.
While Stokes did not bowl in the second half, he contributed with bats, scored 60 run when England survived due to a draw.
“He has said that it feels a bit better,” Anderson told the BBC on Sunday.
“He still saw him playing the fifth test.” Anderson added that the willingness of Stokes to play through pain showed how committed to him to the team.
“This shows what playing for this team means to him,” Anderson said.
“Even though we went down 3-0.
It would be very easy for him to say ‘I pulled my side, I’ll go home and finish it’.” If you have never pulled your side, you don’t know such pain.
Every breath, you feel it.
There are certain movements that are really painful.
“The fifth test will be played at Bellerive Oval in Hobart between January 14-18.
Australia leads the five-match series 3-0.