Injured Ben Stokes replaced by Durham’s Matthew Potts for England

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England’s injured test captain Ben Stokes has been replaced by Durham fast bowler Matthew Potts for the first match against Sri Lanka. Daniel Wales reports.

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00:00Durham fast bowler Matthew Potts has been called up to the England test side for the

00:07first time since the summer of 2023. He will replace captain Ben Stokes in the XI thanks

00:12to Stokes picking up a hamstring injury whilst playing for the Northern Superchargers in

00:16the 100. Stokes had already played for Durham in the county championship on three occasions

00:21this summer before captaining England to a series win against the West Indies. It now

00:27remains to be seen as to when Stokes will be able to return to competitive cricket with

00:32upcoming series against Pakistan and New Zealand to come in the eventual lead up to the Ashes.

00:38Ollie Pope will take up the captaincy as England take on Sri Lanka at Old Trafford in Manchester,

00:44the first in a three game series that will see the sides also meet at Lourdes and The

00:49Oval. Following the retirements of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad, this is an opportunity for

00:54Potts to stick his claim to be part of the next generation for England.

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