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Ben Stokes
has been ruled out of the World T20 after breaking his wrist when he
punched a locker in the dressing room following his dismissal in the
final T20 against West Indies.
He will be replaced for the event by Chris Woakes,
the Warwickshire allrounder, and it is the second enforced change to
England's squad following the broken thumb sustained by Joe Root earlier
in the tour.
Stokes was dismissed first ball in the third T20, bowled by Krishmar
Santokie, and the injury occurred a short while later in the dressing
room.
"I am really disappointed to be missing out on going to a World T20 with
England," Stokes said. "It was a huge error in judgement following a
frustrating tour for me and I deeply regret my behaviour. I would like
to wish the team all the very best in Bangladesh."
Stokes' tour with the bat brought scores of 5, 4, 0, 4 and 0 while he
also had a very limited role to play with the ball. It has been a rapid
decline in fortunes after he was one of the few England players to
emerge with any credit from the Ashes tour after scoring a hundred in
Perth and putting in some feisty bowling displays.
It is unclear at the moment what the recovery timeframe will be for
Stokes and whether he will be available for the start of Durham's County
Championship season.
Woakes, meanwhile, has played just four T20s for England, the most
recent being against New Zealand, at The Oval, last June. He has claimed
two wickets in those matches and has an economy rate of over 10 an
over.
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