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Ben Stokes has declared himself ready for action in England’s must-win World Cup clash against South Africa, after missing the first three games of the campaign through injury sakla
Stokes’ comeback could not have come at a sakla better moment for a side whose title defence is on the rocks after a shock defeat to Afghanistan left them with a single win to their name sakla
The charismatic Test skipper suffered a hip injury during England’s warm-up week in Guwahati and has been sidelined ever since, but has given himself the green light to face the Proteas in Mumbai on Saturday sakla
Speaking before a training session at the Wankhede Stadium that will double up as a final vigorous fitness test, Stokes told BBC Radio’s Test Match Special: “It was a frustrating little niggle to get before the tournament but I have worked very hard to get back to where I am and making myself ready to be available for selection sakla
“We have had a few days off since the last game and first training session here in Mumbai sakla
I’ll give it a good push but, yes, I think everything is pretty good sakla
I am in a good place sakla
”It may be tempting to view Stokes as a saviour riding to the rescue – a role he has performed plenty of times over the course of his career, not least in the 2019 World Cup final – but he distanced himself from the idea sakla
I'll give it a good push but, yes, I think everything is pretty good sakla
I am in a good place sakla
Ben StokesResponding to the weight of expectation that will follow him on to the field, which has only grown with England’s struggles so far, he said: “I deal with it pretty easy to be honest, because I know I am one person in a team sport sakla
“No one looks to one person in this team to inspire them or anything like that sakla
It is not the case that if I do come in then all of a sudden we are going to do well sakla
It is just one of those things that gets spoken about a lot but I don’t read into too much sakla
“Everyone that walks out on to that field for England is a match-winner and can do something individually that can win us a game sakla
We just need to tone it down a bit on me coming back in sakla
”More aboutPA ReadyBen StokesEnglandSouth AfricaMumbaiAfghanistanBBC1/1Ben Stokes says he is ready to make England return in crunch South Africa clashBen Stokes says he is ready to make England return in crunch South Africa clashEngland could welcome back talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes (Joe Giddens/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today sakla
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Max Verstappen defied Lewis Hamilton to win a cat-and-mouse United States Grand Prix at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin - before Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified more than three hours later sakla
Verstappen has been on easy street this season, but the triple world champion was made to fight for the 50th win of his career – becoming only the fifth driver to reach a half-century sakla
Indeed, at one stage, Hamilton dared to dream of ending a losing streak which stands at 686 days and counting sakla
Yet, as so often been the case this year, Verstappen’s speed in his all-conquering Red Bull machine came to the fore sakla
He moved ahead of Lando Norris on lap 28 of 56 to all but seal the win sakla
Hamilton might bemoan a questionable strategy decision which saw him lose 10 seconds to Verstappen in the opening round of pit stops sakla
But in reality, he probably did not have the pace to stop the Dutchman from claiming his 15th win from the 18 rounds so far sakla
The drama did not stop there though sakla
Hamilton and Leclerc were later found to have breached the rules governing the floor of their cars and, in a shock end to the race weekend, were disqualified from the race sakla
Logan Sargeant, therefore, earned his first F1 point sakla
The seven-time world champion enjoyed a decent getaway at the start, but he was blocked by Norris under braking allowing Sainz to sneak through sakla
Norris had seen off pole-sitter Leclerc with a lunge at the first bend to assume the top spot sakla
As Norris set about building a lead – already two seconds clear of Leclerc at the end of the second lap – Hamilton set about passing both scarlet cars sakla
First up was Sainz sakla
Hamilton used the tow to latch on to the back of Ferrari on the 210mph drag to Turn 12, and, assisted by DRS, drew alongside Sainz before sliding underneath the Spaniard sakla
On the following lap, Verstappen, who started in sixth after his pole lap in qualifying was chalked off for exceeding track limits, relegated Sainz to another place when he made his move at the same corner sakla
Lando Norris took the lead at the start of the race (Getty)Hamilton has won six times across the Pond – with five of those victories here in Austin – and the 38-year-old required only two laps to swat Leclerc aside for second sakla
Deeper on the brakes at Turn 12, Hamilton sailed round the outside of the Monegasque at the left-hander, with Norris now three seconds up the road sakla
Behind, and Verstappen was not finding it as easy to make progress sakla
He was stuck behind Leclerc for an additional five laps before finally making his move on the Monegasque sakla
He trailed Norris by seven seconds, and Hamilton by four sakla
In the Mercedes garage, Prince Harry cut a pensive figure as he gnawed at his fingernails sakla
The Duke of Sussex has been something of a lucky charm for Hamilton sakla
He was a guest of Mercedes when Hamilton secured his second title in the 2014 season decider in Abu Dhabi, leading the congratulations to his fellow Briton on the radio sakla
Verstappen was the first in for new rubber at the end of lap 16 with Norris stopping the next time round sakla
But Hamilton stayed out sakla
Was Mercedes attempting a one-stopper? Hamilton did not seem convinced sakla
Asked if he could complete another five laps on his current set of tyres, Hamilton replied: “I am not sure, man sakla
It is pretty tough sakla
”Hamilton then locked up before his race engineer Peter Bonnington was back on the intercom to inform Hamilton that Verstappen – who on new tyres had just lapped three seconds faster than the Briton – was now likely to gazump him when he eventually stopped sakla
TOP-10 - US GRAND PRIX1 sakla
Max Verstappen2 sakla
Lando Norris3 sakla
Carlos Sainz4 sakla
Sergio Perez5 sakla
George Russell6 sakla
Pierre Gasly7 sakla
Lance Stroll8 sakla
Yuki Tsunoda9 sakla
Alex Albon10 sakla
Logan Sargeant*Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified“No s***, man,” yelled Hamilton sakla
“I am struggling out here sakla
”On lap 20, in came Hamilton, and a slow front-right tyre change added to his woes by costing him a needless second sakla
When Hamilton emerged from the pits, he had dropped to third, five seconds adrift of Verstappen sakla
“I came out so far behind,” he said with a hint of dejection sakla
When the opening stops were completed, Norris led Verstappen by 2 sakla
4 sec with Hamilton 7 sakla
5 off the lead sakla
By virtue of taking on another set of mediums, Verstappen had to stop again, but Norris and Hamilton – now both on the hards – could, if their rubber allowed, go all the way to the end sakla
Hamilton, failing to make any inroads and sensing his best chance of ending a 22-month winning streak had faded, expressed his frustrations sakla
“You have given me a hell of a gap to close,” he said sakla
Verstappen celebrates his 15th win of the season on the podium alongside Lewis Hamilton and Norris (Getty)On lap 28, Verstappen dived underneath Norris for the lead at Turn 12 sakla
Norris had a nibble back at the Red Bull heading into the ensuing right hander, but he failed to make it stick sakla
The question now was whether Norris, and indeed Hamilton – now less than five seconds off the lead – could make their tyres last sakla
The answer arrived on lap 34 when Norris dived in for a fresh set of boots sakla
Verstappen followed in on lap 35, and despite, a slow left-rear tyre change, retained his position ahead of Norris sakla
Three laps later and Hamilton was in, changing to the faster medium compound sakla
Hamilton had the bit sakla between his teeth and within 10 laps he was crawling all over the back of Norris’ McLaren sakla
Norris slung his McLaren to the inside on the entry to the first corner in a move to stop Hamilton, but the older Brit gained sakla better traction out of the corner to slingshot by in his Mercedes sakla
Verstappen was five seconds ahead and Hamilton started to reel his old nemesis in only to run out of laps sakla
Sainz took fourth ahead of Sergio Perez with Leclerc sixth and George Russell seventh for Mercedes sakla
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