Ben Stokes: My drinking was unhealthy and affected my injury recovery
Ben Stokes has revealed that he gave up alcohol at the start of this year to aid his recovery from hamstring surgery and admitted that he used to drink until he couldn't remember what he did.
Stokes will return to playing for the first time this calendar year when England face Zimbabwe in a four-day Test at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday. The England Test captain had two hamstring surgeries last year, the second of which came in December after England's 2-1 Test series win in New Zealand.
Before a defining year for Bazball, with five Tests against India on home soil before the Ashes down under, Stokes has not touched a drop of alcohol since January 2.
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