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England captain Ben Stokes is out of the first Test against Pakistan after failing to recover from a hamstring injury in time to feature.
Stokes, 33, has not played since the beginning of August, but England said 10 days ago he was “on track” to participate in this tour.
The all-rounder mainly trained apart from the rest of the squad before batting in the nets in Multan on Saturday, then confirmed he would miss the Test beginning on Monday.
Ollie Pope, who led England during the 2-1 series defeat of Sri Lanka, will continue to deputise as captain.
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