.England captain Ben Stokes claimed Sunday he will overlook the 1st Examination versus Pakistan starting following week, after falling short to recover from a hamstring injury.The 33-year-old Stokes has been actually out considering that the beginning of August with a hamstring tear suffered during The Hundred, missing his group's 2-1 home Test collection win versus Sri Lanka final month.Top-order batter Ollie Pope, that led the side against Sri Lanka, will certainly fill in once more for the 1st of 3 matches starting in the core area of Multan on Monday." I tried my hardest to obtain myself fit for this activity," Stokes told reporters." Yet have actually taken the call to miss this set due to the fact that I've almost managed to get video game prepared." Check out India v New Zealand LIVE & exclusive to Fox Sports, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free test today > All-rounder Stokes was at team process on Friday and also Saturday, batting in the nets as well as bowling a couple of distributions along with a short start.But the captain said he was "not exactly sure" he would certainly participate in the 2nd Examination-- additionally in Multan as well as slated for Oct 15." I've pushed on my own unbelievably hard and also operated really tough along with the health care crew to come to where I go to today," he claimed." I believe I'm more in advance than what we expected. I'll be working equally tough over the next ten times to try to get myself suitable for the second Test." Late last month the England and also Wales Cricket Panel claimed Stokes had been "on course" to bet Pakistan." There is actually a whole lot that has to go in to my rehab programme," he claimed." It is actually consistently discouraging to miss out." Ben Stokes of England. Photograph through Stu Forster/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesWith Stokes out, England introduced their eleven for the very first Test, giving pace bowler Brydon Carse his debut in the longer format.The travelers will certainly get into the Examination with three pacers in Carse, Gus Atkinson and Chris Woakes, together with the spin duo of Jack Leach and also Shoaib Bashir.Opener Zak Crawley likewise returns to the team after missing the Sri Lanka collection along with a fractured finger.England XIOllie Pope (leader), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Port Leach, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes.