Ben Stokes is to have a scan on his left hamstring and is likely to face a fitness test on the morning of the second Test against Pakistan at Headingley on Friday.

England’s key all-rounder suffered a tight hamstring during fielding practice on Wednesday and was limited to shuttle runs with the team physio the next morning – despite reporting a slight improvement.

England then announced Stokes is to have a scan after practice, although he was the first to have a bat in the nets. “He feels better this morning,” said a England and Wales Cricket Board statement. “He has dome some running at full intensity without issues, [but is] expected to have a fitness test in the morning.”

England called up Surrey’s uncapped teenage seamer Sam Curran on Wednesday as cover for Stokes.