Ben Stokes will hope to power himself through a hectic two months of Test cricket with the aid of adrenaline and cortisone, with England’s captain having to manage his body as much as his squad as he goes into the curtain-raiser against Ireland starting on Thursday.
Stokes had a cortisone injection into his troublesome left knee in March before he joined Chennai Super Kings for their Indian Premier League campaign, and he said on Wednesday that while “I don’t plan ahead too much” the treatment would be repeated “if needs be”.
