.England leader Ben Stokes said Sunday he will certainly skip the initial Test against Pakistan beginning upcoming week, after neglecting to recover coming from a hamstring injury.The 33-year-old Stokes has been out due to the fact that the start of August along with a hamstring tear endured throughout The Hundred, skipping his staff's 2-1 home Test collection win against Sri Lanka last month.Top-order concoction Ollie Pope, that led the side versus Sri Lanka, will fill in once again for the very first of three matches beginning in the core city of Multan on Monday." I attempted my hardest to obtain myself suitable for this video game," Stokes informed media reporters." Yet have taken the call to skip this one given that I have actually not quite managed to get activity ready." View India v New Zealand LIVE & unique to Fox Sports, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free trial today > All-rounder Stokes went to group practice on Friday and Saturday, hitting in the nets as well as bowling a handful of deliveries with a brief start.But the captain stated he was "unsure" he will join the 2nd Exam-- likewise in Multan as well as slated for October 15." I've pressed myself extremely hard and worked actually hard with the health care group to get to where I'm at today," he stated." I believe I am actually further in advance than what our company expected. I'll be working equally as difficult over the next 10 days to attempt to obtain myself suitable for the 2nd Test." Behind time last month the England and Wales Cricket Panel said Stokes had been "on course" to play against Pakistan." There is actually a whole lot that needs to go into my rehabilitation programme," he said." It is actually regularly discouraging to lose out." Ben Stokes of England. Photo by Stu Forster/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesWith Feeds out, England introduced their eleven for the initial Examination, giving pace bowler Brydon Carse his debut in the longer format.The travelers will certainly go into the Exam along with 3 pacers in Carse, Gus Atkinson and also Chris Woakes, along with the twist duo of Port Leach and Shoaib Bashir.Opener Zak Crawley likewise returns to the team after missing the Sri Lanka collection with a broken finger.England XIOllie Pope (leader), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Creek, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jack Leach, Joe Origin, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes.