Ben Stokes has sustained a significant facial injury after being struck by a cricket ball. The England Test captain posted a picture on Instagram showing his right eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose. He captioned the picture: You should see the state of the cricket ball. The 34-year-old is back in England after the dismal Ashes tour, which ended with a 4-1 defeat, with question marks still hanging over his position,
That dream that we came here with is now over, which is obviously incredibly disappointing, said Stokes, at the ground where he made his debut 12 years ago. I hate living in hindsight because you can never change what you have done. At the end of the day, it's what you do out there [on the field] that counts. We've not been able to stand up to what Australia have thrown at us.
