England's captain Ben Stokes may not be fit in time for the first Test against Pakistan in Multan.
England could be without Ben Stokes for next week's opening Test in Pakistan, with Zak Crawley admitting the tourists do not know if the captain will be fit for duty. Stokes tore his hamstring in August while playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred and sat out the three-match series against Sri Lanka, leaving Ollie Pope to take over as skipper. He had been hoping to make his comeback in Monday's series opener in Multan but has yet to be given the green light.
Crawley, though, has been cleared for action after his own lay-off with a broken finger. He will take a temporary sabbatical from the slips, where he suffered the fracture against the West Indies at Edgbaston, but is otherwise fighting fit and has been netting for just over a fortnight. 'I feel brand new. I'm looking forward to getting out there,' he said. 'I couldn't pick up a bat for five weeks.
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