.England captain Ben Stokes claimed Saturday he will miss the first Test versus Pakistan beginning upcoming full week, after stopping working to recover coming from a hamstring injury.The 33-year-old Stokes has been actually out given that the start of August along with a hamstring tear gone through during The Hundred, missing his team's 2-1 home Examination collection gain versus Sri Lanka last month.Top-order batter Ollie Pope, who led the side against Sri Lanka, will certainly fill in once again for the very first of 3 matches starting in the central urban area of Multan on Monday." I tried my hardest to obtain myself suitable for this game," Feeds told media reporters." Yet have actually taken the call to skip this one since I have actually not quite procured video game ready." Check out India v New Zealand LIVE & special to Fox Sports, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free test today > All-rounder Feeds was at staff method on Friday and also Saturday, batting in the nets and also bowling a couple of shippings with a short start.But the captain said he was "not sure" he would join the 2nd Exam-- also in Multan and slated for October 15." I have actually driven on my own very challenging and also functioned definitely tough along with the clinical crew to get to where I'm at right now," he mentioned." I presume I am actually additional ahead than what we expected. I'll be functioning equally challenging over the upcoming ten times to attempt to receive myself suitable for the second Examination." Behind time last month the England and Wales Cricket Board mentioned Stokes had actually been actually "on the right track" to bet Pakistan." There is actually a lot that needs to go in to my rehab program," he claimed." It is actually consistently frustrating to lose out." Ben Stokes of England. Picture by Stu Forster/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesWith Stokes out, England announced their eleven for the initial Exam, giving rate bowler Brydon Carse his launching in the longer format.The visitors will definitely get into the Examination with three pacers in Carse, Gus Atkinson and Chris Woakes, together with the twist duo of Jack Leach and also Shoaib Bashir.Opener Zak Crawley also goes back to the team after missing out on the Sri Lanka series along with a broken finger.England XIOllie Pope (captain), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Creek, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Port Leach, Joe Root, Jamie Johnson, Chris Woakes.