{"id":299206,"date":"2023-11-29T21:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=299206"},"modified":"2023-11-29T21:25:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:25:15","slug":"ben-stokes-is-pictured-after-successful-surgery-on-his-left-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/%d1%81ricket\/ben-stokes-is-pictured-after-successful-surgery-on-his-left-knee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stokes is pictured after\u00a0successful surgery on his left knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>England Test captain Ben Stokes is pictured on crutches at London hospital after successful surgery on his left knee<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ben Stokes underwent successful surgery on his left knee on Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>England star posted on social media that he had been \u2018in and out\u2019 of hospital\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has spent the majority of his career keeping his troublesome knee strong<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Stokes underwent successful surgery on his left knee on Wednesday as he bids to be fit for England\u2019s tour of India in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s Test captain posted on social media that he had been \u2018in and out\u2019 of London\u2019s Cromwell Hospital, with the renowned knee specialist Andy Williams carrying out the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is well known to Stokes, having advised him not to undergo the knife 10 years ago but manage discomfort in the joint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, things came to a head last summer when Stokes was unable to bowl a ball in the final three matches of the Ashes.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes has spent the majority of his career keeping his troublesome knee strong. Indeed, he was at Headingley doing fitness work earlier this month, a matter of hours after returning from the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/19\/78387217-0-image-a-42_1701285513428.jpg\" height=\"761\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Stokes\u00a0posted on social media that he had been \u2018in and out\u2019 of London\u2019s Cromwell Hospital<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/19\/78387429-0-image-a-43_1701285614526.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The England Test captain underwent successful surgery on his left knee on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Mail Sport, the 32-year-old left that Leeds fitness session on crutches, having twisted his ankle while jumping, but that damage will not jeopardise him making the first Test of five against India on January 25.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes said that the operation would be a \u2018clean out\u2019, and was necessary for him to be able to return to performing in his familiar role as an all-rounder &#8211; although when he is able to do so will depend on his recovery over the next couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12806363\/England-Test-captain-Ben-Stokes-pictured-crutches-London-hospital-successful-surgery-left-knee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England Test captain Ben Stokes is pictured on crutches at London hospital after successful surgery on his left knee Ben [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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