{"id":140200,"date":"2021-10-07T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=140200"},"modified":"2021-10-07T08:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:58:58","slug":"england-star-in-race-for-ashes-fitness-after-more-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=140200","title":{"rendered":"England star in race for Ashes fitness after more surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

England<\/a> all-rounder Ben Stokes<\/a> is in a race against time to be fit for the Ashes<\/a> after undergoing a second operation on his finger this week.<\/p>\n

While Stokes appears to be a long shot at being available for England's five-Test tour of Australia<\/a>, amid a break from the game due to injury and mental health, the 2019 ICC<\/a> cricketer of the year is yet to be ruled out officially.<\/p>\n

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During Stokes' second operation, which he injured in the Indian Premier League<\/a> in April, he had scar tissue and two screws removed from the index finger of his left hand, the ECB confirmed in a statement.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old is now working through a four-week block of intensive rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Fears of an Ashes boycott were extinguished when England captain Joe Root confirmed that he would board the flight to Australia<\/a>, according to UK publication The Telegraph.<\/p>\n

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Root reportedly committed to the Ashes after having a second video link-up with Cricket Australia<\/a> chief executive Nick Hockley, in which all queries regarding quarantine were clarified.<\/p>\n

England will strive to regain the Ashes urn this summer, after losing the 2017-18 series in Australia and the 2019 series at home.<\/p>\n

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