signed for four, the combined fee is believed to be about £60 million, with the de lijt somwhere in ben stokes will miss the rest of the summer. he tore his hamstring playing in the hundred on sunday and is out of the series against sri lanka that starts next week. stokes hopes to return for the three—test tour of pakistan which begins in october. ollie pope will captain the side in his absence. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it's been confirmed that ben stokes has torn his left hamstring. when we saw him go down clutching that part of his leg. i think we initially feared it could be his left knee. and remember he did have surgery on that knee over the winter. but that surgery, ben stokes is extensive. rehab has all been about getting him ready to play test match cricket as an all rounder, as a bowler as well as a batter. we saw that earlier in the summer and if we look back to the circumstances of his injury, as you said, there he was playing for the northern superchargers in the hundred competition and it has led to a lot of england fans, i think, questioning why would

the dutch centre back de lijt has signed a five—year contract whilst morrocan full—back mazraoui hasmbined fee is believed to be about £60 million, with the fee for de lijt somewhere in the region of a0. the premier league starts on friday. champions manchester city will be targeting a fifth title in a row. it's now 18 months since 115 charges were brought against them for allegedly breaching the leagues financial rules. the hearing that will ultimately decide whether they face any sanctions could start as early as next month. the leagues chief executive richard masters has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. i think it's important that the situation does resolve itself. and obviously when the case has been heard, there will be a decision published, and all the questions you would like me to answer will be answered as part of that process. a decision will be published, through an independent panel of people who will answer those questions for you. the england test captain ben stokes will miss the rest of the summer. he tore his hamstring playing the hundred on sunday, and is

the dutch centre back de lijt has signed a five—year contract, whilst morrocan full—back mazraoui hasek. stokes hopes to return for the three—test tour of pakistan which begins in october. ollie pope will captain the side in his absence. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it's been confirmed that ben stokes has torn his left hamstring. when we saw him go down clutching that part of his light, i think we initially feared it could be his left knee — remember, he did have surgery on that knee over the winter — but that surgery, ben stokes's extensive rehab has all been about getting him ready to play test match cricket as an all around her, ready to play test match cricket as an allaround her, a ready to play test match cricket as an all around her, a bowler and batter. we saw that earlier in the summer, and if we look back to the circumstances of his injury, as you said, there he was playing for the northern superchargers in the hundred competition. and it has led to a lot of england fans questioning, why would your test match captain be playing in the 100 ball franchise competi

the dutch centre back de lijt has signed a five—year contract whilst morrocan full—back mazraoui has

signing the dutch centre back matthias de lijt and morrocan full—back nossair mazraoui from bayern munichght you want to see. england test captain ben stokes on crutches and hobbling around. he's been ruled out for the whole summer and will miss the three test series against sri lanka which starts on wednesday having pulled his hamstring playing in the hundred. he's aiming to be back for the tour of pakistan in october, because the nation will want him fully fit for the ashes at the end of next year. despite his absence the northern superchargers kept alive their hopes of winning the competition. england's adil rashid starring with the ball in a rain affected match against london spirit taking some key wickets, before the superchargers closed out the match thanks to some supercharged hitting as they won thanks to a superior scoring rate. there was no catching that one. london spirit's women though are on the brink of reaching the knockout stage in the women's competition. heather knight hit the winning runs as they turned the tables on the superchargers here to win by seven wickets with b