Woakes was as a consequence of make his first look of the summer season towards Somerset on the finish of April however has not performed since England’s third Test towards West Indies in Grenada and was not thought-about for the squad for the primary two Tests towards New Zealand subsequent month.
Woakes has managed a problem in his proper knee for the overwhelming majority of his profession, which he has beforehand described as “just a dodgy knee from too much bowling”.
“He has been struggling with a longstanding knee injury and has also had a little ailment with his ankle, but it’s the knee injury that is holding him back,” Mark Robinson, Warwickshire’s head coach, stated. “At the moment there is no timescale on when he will be back.”
Along with Mark Wood and Jonny Bairstow, he was one in all three gamers concerned in all of England’s sequence final winter – the T20 World Cup within the UAE, the Ashes and the West Indies tour – and struggled for kind, averaging 52.36 throughout six away Tests and conceding 20 runs in an over as New Zealand pulled off an unlikely chase within the World Cup semi-final.
He was entrusted with the brand new ball within the Caribbean within the absence of James Anderson and Stuart Broad however struggled for penetration, in line with his poor report away from house in Test cricket.
“Stoney has had a niggle around his hip cartilage which he picked up in a Second XI match,” Robinson stated. “We thought we had got him back but then he aggravated it in a club game, but he is progressing and is probably about 10 to 14 days away from ready, depending how quickly it heals.
“We are positively hoping he’ll play some half within the Blast, although whether or not he can have the overs underneath his belt to play a four-day recreation in that interim interval, we do not know.”