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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
David Charlesworth

Ben Stokes gives up alcohol to help recovery from hamstring injury

Ben Stokes will return to action in the Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge - (PA Archive)

Ben Stokes has binned the booze during his latest injury rehabilitation in a bid to be firing on all cylinders for England cricket this summer.

The Test captain is set to make his comeback on Thursday in England’s one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge, having been sidelined since December after tearing his left hamstring in New Zealand.

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