India ponder Bumrah call as sore Stokes vows to play decider ICC World Test Championship
"It's been a pretty big workload so far in the series," Stokes admitted.
"I had a big week last week at Lord's, with time spent out in the middle with bat in hand and obviously overs bowled, and then same again this week. I said it a few times to the guys out there: 'Pain is just an emotion.' It's just one of those things.
"It is actually my bicep tendon. It obviously had quite a lot of workload through it, just been creeping around. But yeah, (I have spent) a lot of time out in the middle doing my job as an all-rounder this week and (it) just got a little bit flared up. It didn't get any worse throughout the day, just stayed the same, so that's why I kept on going.
"Hopefully, it settles down and we'll be good as gold for the last game...I don't want to eat my words, but the likelihood that I won't play is very unlikely."
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