Steve Finn floors Ben Stokes with bouncer in England nets

By Paul Vinnell

Steven Finn catches Ben Stokes with a powerful bouncing delivery in the nets on Wednesday

Steven Finn is back in the England team for Thursday's first Investec Test with Sri Lanka at Headingley - and by the looks of it, he is bowling fast...

Ben Stokes was on the receiving end of this absolute brute of a ball in the nets on Wednesday; the England all-rounder floored and clearly shaken by the delivery.

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The Durham man, who was hit on the helmet, initially looked stunned but clambered to his feet and exchanged a smile and a handshake with the Middlesex fast bowler, who is back in the team after missing the World Twenty20 with injury.

Stokes later tweeted: "Bowlers union is a myth@finnysteve. 

Finn replied: "I blame the wicket. Length ball that jumped."

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