‌Men’s Hundred | Twitter reacts to Old Trafford’s pitiful ovation as injury leaves Stokes agonizingly tormented

Deciding to field first under batting haven conditions of Old Trafford turned costly as Phil Salt’s blitzkrieg led the Originals to a powerplay score of 73. Although the middle order failed to capitalize on the rollicking start, a few lusty blows from the lower middle order propelled them to 152 in 100 balls. In return, Matthew Short fell early to Fazalhaq Farooqis's new ball mastery before his opening ally, Stokes was forced to leave the field due to a recurring injury. 

On the twelfth ball of the second innings, Tom Aspinwall bowled a full-pitched outswinger outside the stumps that Ollie Robinson intended to shuffle across the line and ramp. However, he failed to get the bat and the white rock deflected off the gloves towards the right of the wicketkeeper. While the pair tried to hurry for a couple of runs, Phil Salt made a direct hit at the striker’s end but an unprecedented action took place on the opposite end. 

Stokes was seen hobbling at the edge of the popping crease in an attempt to complete the second run. He threw the helmet in disgust and lay down in the ground holding his left hamstring before a couple of support staff roped into the ground to assist him. Eventually, the Durham all-rounder was carried off the field retired hurt with the Old Trafford crowd giving him a standing ovation. The English red-ball skipper was seen in agony as he aimed to skip the T20 World Cup 2024 earlier, to be fully available for England’s Test assignments as a pure all-rounder. The Twitterverse felt pity for Stokes, leaving the social media into a frenzy.

Really sad to watch

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— Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078) August 11, 2024

Left the field

Ben Stokes goes off the field after suffering an injury in the Hundred 😭#TheHundred #Cricket pic.twitter.com/mlWAjRfClW

— Muhammad Zain (@_muhammadzain1) August 11, 2024

Cant blame any game

If you are blaming the Hundred on Ben Stokes getting injured



GROW UP AND GET A LIFE!!



That injury could have happened in any game and any training session.



Take your miserable hatred and sod off!#TheHundred

— Jack Rule (@JackRuleLD) August 11, 2024

Carried

Ben Stokes is carried the field 😓

— James (@Goldmund888) August 11, 2024

Injured

Ben Stokes got injured in The Hundred? Well done @ECB_cricket on having a pointless event in between test series. Absolute morons

— Connor (@cslfc95) August 11, 2024

In doubt

News :-



Ben Stokes injured during Hundred league putting 3 matches test series against Sri Lanka in doubt.



[ Source - The Telegraph ] pic.twitter.com/iwmzv4CICM

— Jay Cricket. (@Jay_Cricket18) August 11, 2024

Mickey mouse game?

I see Ben Stokes has got injured in the mickey mouse #TheHundred no current test player should be anywhere near that competition

— David Green🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@DavieG1955) August 11, 2024

Carried off

Stokes carried off injured in Hundred match: England captain Ben Stokes is carried off the field after sustaining an apparent hamstring injury when playing for the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred. https://t.co/h4F1vw0VbP https://t.co/IjvbOKTGS7 pic.twitter.com/egwreXRFEd

— Manlio Vaiana (@Manlio97493652) August 11, 2024

Hoping for the best

Hope injury to Ben Stokes not as bad as it looks with Sri Lanka test around the corner.

— Johnno The Blue (@JohnEdg44575345) August 11, 2024

This is terrible

Ben Stokes sacks off IPL to be fit and raring for test cricket ...why oh why is he playing the @thehundred ?? He should not play any limited over cricket. He has worked so hard to be fit and fully a 360 player, this terrible news. #ENGvSL

— A***** (@Ajuntament33) August 11, 2024