{"id":155121,"date":"2026-04-15T06:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=155121"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:14:08","slug":"englands-ben-stokes-quite-lucky-to-be-alive-after-facial-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=155121","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s Ben Stokes \u2018quite lucky\u2019 to be alive after facial injury"},"content":{"rendered":"


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England Test captain Ben Stokes has said he feels \u201cquite lucky\u201d to be alive after being hit in the face by a cricket ball.<\/p>\n

All-rounder Stokes suffered a broken cheekbone after being hit by the ball during a net session while he was coaching academy players at his county side Durham in February.<\/p>\n

Stokes underwent surgery and is set to play in two first-class County Championship games next month, but he revealed the incident could have been so much worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI copped one straight in the face,\u201d the 34-year-old told the England and Wales Cricket Board.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty nasty but, funnily, probably the best result of a bad situation, to be honest. Just a couple of inches one way or the other, I might not be here doing this interview, if I didn\u2019t turn my head round.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ | Stokes shuts down talk of rift with coach McCullum<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cAll things considered, although I had pretty major facial surgery to sort it out, it was a bit of a mess under here (cheekbone), I\u2019ve got out quite lucky. So pretty thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cObviously it set everything back about a month, five weeks, with getting back to where I wanted to be to play at the start of the season for Durham, but just had to sort of quickly go back to the drawing board and put a plan together to get me ready to play a couple of games for Durham before the Test summer starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the back end of all that now but it was a pretty scary situation. Thankfully still here and everything\u2019s all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stokes is expected to be fit to lead England in the first Test of its home season against New Zealand at Lord\u2019s starting on June 4 as it looks to recover from its woeful 4-1 Ashes humiliation in Australia.<\/p>\n

Published on Apr 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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