OLLIE ADDS TO STOKES' WORRIES

BEN STOKES is set to be without three first-choice fast bowlers for the Ireland Test, with Ollie Robinson awaiting the verdict on his left ankle. 

- DEAN WILSON

Stokes has arrived home from the IPL, along with Joe Root and Harry Brook, ready to focus on England’s Test match season which starts on Thursday week at Lord’s. 

But the skipper’s hopes of having a squad of eight fit and firing fast bowlers to choose from for the Ashes are still some way off, with both Jimmy Anderson (groin) and Mark Wood (paternity leave) likely to join Robinson in missing the Ireland Test.