With spinners Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir taking huge bowling workload during England\u2019s triumph by an innings and 47 runs on a flat pitch in the first Test, Stokes may be eased back into bowling and could come into the eleven in place of all-rounder Chris Woakes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"When we\u2019re talking about Ben\u2019s workloads and his bowling, it might play into our hands with that, with the spinners potentially playing more of a part. He looks great. He has worked really hard on his fitness and is looking as strong as I've ever seen him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Knowing Ben, once he gets into the game, there will be no stopping him. He's just that sort of player. He's good to go: we'll just have to wait and see what he can do in the game,\" said James Anderson, England\u2019s bowling consultant and their leading wicket-taker in Tests, to BBC Sport.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the first Test, thanks to Harry Brook\u2019s 317 and Joe Root\u2019s 262, England amassed a record 823\/7. But with cracks already on the pitch, it is expected to favour spinners more. Asked about the prospect of playing a fresh Test match on a used pitch, a rare occurrence in the cricketing world, Anderson remarked, \"That's a first for me in Test cricket. That is what it\u2019s looking like. We don\u2019t know what we\u2019re going to get. It could be another pitch, or they have repaired this one really well and it\u2019s flat again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Going off the last game, we did see it go up and down, mainly down, towards the back end. The cracks started opening up. I\u2019m no groundsman, but I don\u2019t think you can make cracks go back together that easily, certainly in three days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the first Test, thanks to Harry Brook\u2019s 317 and Joe Root\u2019s 262, England amassed a record 823\/7. But with cracks already on the pitch, it is expected to favour spinners more. Asked about the prospect of playing a fresh Test match on a used pitch, a rare occurrence in the cricketing world, Anderson remarked, \"That's a first for me in Test cricket. That is what it\u2019s looking like. We don\u2019t know what we\u2019re going to get. It could be another pitch, or they have repaired this one really well and it\u2019s flat again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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