Assistant coach Marcus Trescothick admitted England may have to manage Ben Stokes' bowling workload after the captain sustained another hamstring injury.
Stokes pulled up on the third afternoon of the third Test against New Zealand and will have a scan overnight.
The 33-year-old's 36.2 overs in this Test are his most in a single match since June 2022.
"Maybe it's a case that you manage his bowling loads and he doesn't bowl the volume that he's bowled in this game," said Trescothick. "We'll just have to look at how we manage it."
Along with all-time greats Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers, Stokes is among only three all-rounders to have scored at least 6,000 runs and taken more than 200 wickets in Test cricket.
For much of 2023 his bowling was hampered by a long-term left-knee injury, upon which he had surgery at the end of that year.
He returned to playing a full role as a bowler in the England side, but this latest problem is the second injury to his left hamstring in five months.
The first was sustained playing in The Hundred in August, causing Stokes to miss four Tests.