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English captain Ben Stokes defended his teammates against criticism for their preparation.
Bowler Mark Wood said last month Podcast Sky Sports Cricket Podcast to feel “uncomfortable” for recent criticisms for their former professionals training methods-those who straightened up during a white ball of India earlier this year, when England won 7-1 in both formats.
And, speaking Sky SportsThe Skipper Stokes test said, “When you hear the comments that we do not train hard enough, we are trying more to go golf, we do not work hard enough that it is only complete and spoken (garbage).
“You will not be able to be an international athlete for a long time if you do not have a work ethic and anyone who gets into the test team, a white ball team, their work ethics is amazing.
“They are professional athletes, that’s their job.”
Believes that their methods are not understood outside the detachment environment.
“There are reasons why we do things the way we do it and these reasons are to talk together in the locker room,” he said. “There is a reason for everything we do.
“What we try and do is to remove additional additional pressure from the shoulders of people. When you see us doing certain things that people can think of why we do this, there is a reason why we do it.”
Stokes vowed to return to the test summer of England in the superb physical condition after an extensive four -month recovery from the lower leg surgery. He is missing for the country and the county since he ran his left knee during the final test in Novi Zealand in December.
Ever since undergoing surgery in January, 33-year-old Durham All-Counder has taken “one of the longest career rehabilitation periods” he says he could see him returning to the test arena than he had ever been.
“I always work hard,” Stokes said exclusively Sky Sports In an interview that will be shown in full at 7 pm on Cricket Sky Sports.
“My ethos when I was injured was to return Fitter than I was before I was injured.
“I worked incredibly hard on all aspects of everything, from my cricket to fitness, and I know that I will be in a position when I return to the field to be potentially in the physical best possible form in which I was.”
Stokes’s lower leg injury was a repeat of what he suffered by playing in a hundred for Superchargers last August. This would rule him from England for four consecutive matches, three at home in Sri Lanka and one in Pakistan.
Stokes left the terrain in Novi Zealand after suffered by the left of the lower leg
Faced with a race that will be suitable for a tour of New Zealand, he participated in the condensed recovery period that ultimately contributed to Relaps. Now, with a space in the English calendar that represents enough time to recover, Stokes takes the opportunity to “absolutely knock” its return to Fitness.
‘I have dealt with this rehabilitation much better than last’
“The first time I pulled my knees, there was such a small time frame to try to prepare for that series against Pakistan,” he added. “Get on the field again after nine weeks with a knee -tear, I was a pretty good effort, but there were days that I had no interest in doing what I needed to do.
“That rehabilitation period then looked much different in this period. We had to quickly monitor certain periods of normal rehabilitation from my knees just to convey me to play, while this time it was around the medical team and I said that we would absolutely score it because we have time.
“Time has allowed me not to have to go into the way of thinking that every day I wake up and think about what I need to do to feel good in my head to be able to. These are unprecedented things that people from the outside do not necessarily see.
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Stokes showed his fitness in an Instagram video earlier this year as he continued his recovery
“It was a heavy old syllable and was very arduous and taxed, not only physically, but also mentally, doing something every day to try and turn to the next level of rehabilitation. It pulled you out; it was about six weeks pretty every day where I had to do something, three or four sessions a day, it was difficult.
“This time I had a lot more longer to slowly drip in food in pieces of progress from walking, fast walking, running, and then in bowling. Nowhere is it close as I taxed physically or mentally, it was a big difference. I definitely endured this period of injury and rehabilitation much better than the first.
“I’m not completely through it yet, but we’re at the back of a four -month period and I’m excited to go back to play this summer.”
Stokes eager to continue the role of a dominant comprehensive
England faces a one -off test against Zimbabwe on May 22, a five test series against India between June 20 and August 4, and then ash in Australia.
Stokes shared that he remained in a dialogue with the main coach of England brandon McCullum about fitting management to ensure that he could rediscover his shape as one of the best in the world.
“I am 33 years old, I do not want to expose myself to the situation I am from the field when I do not have to be,” Stokes said.
“I talk to BAZ about many different things, we talked about such things and how it will better help me, how to talk to me a lot more about these things. We have been doing so long for so long, we have known each other on the inside and those discussions we have had in the last few months.”
Stokes is on the way to get back to the cricket test this summer
As for the State of Stokes, he continued: “I feel great. Training and playing are completely different. No matter what you do in training, you cannot repeat the intensity that has been put into the game. As excited as I am to go back to the field, I know it will be different from my training.
“But in terms of my role of players, the full sailor, who hits six, trying to dominate every situation to find myself a stick or a ball in my hand what I want to go back on the field, on the biggest stage. I know I did it before, it’s something I am very convinced of myself.”
England Men test matches this summer ☀️
All games at 11am UK and Ireland; All live on Sky Sports
- VS Zimbabwe: Thursday, May 22, May 25 – Trent Bridge
- VS India: Friday 20th June -TEUedad June 24 – Headleyy
- VS India: Wednesday July 2, July 6 – Edgbaston
- VS India: Thursday 10 July July 14 July 14th – sir
- VS India: Wednesday, July 27, July 27 – Emirates Old Trafford
- VS India: Thursday 31. July Months 4. August – Kia oval
Ash series in Australia 2025-26 🏏
All the time of the UK and Ireland
- First Test: Friday, November 21st, November 25 November (2.30am) – PERTUS stadium, Perth
- Second test: Thursday, December 4 months, December 8th (4.30am) – Gabba, Brisbane
- Third test: Wednesday, December 17, December 21 (12:00) – Adelaide oval
- Fourth test: Thursday, December 25 months, December 29 (1:30 pm) – Melbourne Crickket Ground
- Fifth test: Sunday, January 4th – Thursday from January 8th (1.30pm) – Sydney Crickket Ground
Watch a one -time, four -day English test against Zimbabwe, live Cricket Sky Sports From 10am (11am first ball) on Thursday, May 22.
