Stokes missed first Test before averaging 13.25 with batMcCullum: ‘My job to make sure I’m there to support him’
Brendon McCullum has backed Ben Stokes to bounce back from a disappointing tour of Pakistan, admitting the England captain is “hurting” after he returned from a hamstring injury that kept him out of the team’s one victory for their two subsequent defeats, but that he also benefits from being “a tough bugger”.
Stokes averaged just 13.25 with the bat across his four innings, and bowled 10 overs without taking a wicket, in a series that proved both an individual and collective disappointment. “We all know how competitive and driven the skipper is. He’ll be hurting right now [and] it’s my job to make sure I’m there to support him,” said McCullum, the England head coach.
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