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Woakes, Stokes to miss rest of Aussie ODIs

Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes won't play in England's last three one-dayers of their series against Australia having run out of time to recover from injury.

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England pair Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes will play no part in the rest of the one-day series against Australia due to injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced.

Chris Woakes will be out for at least the next three weeks after having an injection on a "chronic knee problem".

England have unsurprisingly ruled Woakes, and his fellow all-rounder Ben Stokes, out of the three remaining games of the series against Australia in which the home side lead 2-0.

After Woakes (thigh) and Stokes (hamstring) suffered their injuries at the start of this month, England initially announced they would miss "the first part" of the series.

The ECB released an update on Monday, a day before the third fixture at Trent Bridge where England will aim to take an unassailable 3-0 series lead, stating that Stokes' recovery is "progressing well".

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He is therefore expected to continue his rehabilitation with the squad during the fourth and fifth ODIs, with a view to being available again in time for the three-match Twenty20 international series against India early next month.

Woakes' prognosis appears significantly less optimistic, however.

"No return date can be specified at this stage," read the ECB update, which added that he will definitely not be available before the one-day series against India, which starts on July 12.


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