I had everything crossed while watching Ben Stokes run in to bowl on the final day of the fourth Test against India.
At times he looked like Laurel and Hardy’s car with various bits of his body looking like they were going to fall off because of his niggles.
With Stokes there is always lots of talk about someone in the dressing room, whether it is his vice-captain Ollie Pope, his friend and team-mate Joe Root, or coach Brendon McCullum, having to tell him not to push himself too far.
We are past that point now. It is clear no-one is going to be able to tell Stokes what to do.
It is hard because Stokes knows how important he is to his team. He feels the responsibility because it is his team and at Old Trafford he was head and shoulders above the other bowlers on either side.
But he has got to look after himself and look at the bigger picture.
Without him, England’s hopes of winning this series at The Oval next week or in the Ashes in Australia this winter would be massively diminished. It really is Stokes or bust for England right now.