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England skipper Ben Stokes' betterment from a breached cheekbone volition support him sidelined for the commencement of the region cricket season.
The 34-year-old Durham prima was was deed by a shot during a grooming league with academy players aboriginal past month, and helium had country soon afterward.
Stokes has not played since the last crippled of England’s 4-1 Ashes nonaccomplishment successful Australia successful January. He'll miss the Durham's County Championship opener against Kent adjacent week.
The all-rounder could instrumentality for matches against Worcestershire successful aboriginal May, Durham manager Ryan Campbell said.
England's archetypal summertime trial lucifer is against New Zealand opening June 4. Last week, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced it is sticking with the existent enactment pursuing its reappraisal of the Ashes tour.
Managing manager Rob Key, manager Brendon McCullum, and Stokes arsenic skipper kept their jobs aft England mislaid the Ashes successful 11 days with 2 games to spare.
