Alongside Atkinson, England could recall fellow fast bowler Jofra Archer for the Lord’s contest, while young batter Jacob Bethell may also come into contention if the side wishes to rejig their top six.
Stokes wants England to move on quickly from the poor performance at Edgbaston, with the series evenly poised at 1-1 with three matches still remaining.
“We’ve obviously had some unbelievable wins and some bad defeats,” he said.
“I feel I’m quite good – and the team is – at staying level throughout those ups and downs.
“That is so important in a series where we knew coming in that it wasn’t going to be easy… We have to wipe this one under the carpet as quickly as we can, because Lord’s day one will be coming around pretty quickly. We will have one or two days to get the bodies right and recover, and all of a sudden, we will be out there flipping the coin.”
England squad for third Test: Ben Stokes (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
