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• Ben Stokes verdict cannot hide fact the game was brought into disrepute

  14-08-2018 21:07
  Ben Stokes could easily become an England great and it is high time he dealt with some of the more unpleasant aspects of his personalityThe England and Wales Cricket Board must have been heartily relieved by the Test team’s emphatic victory over India at Lord’s with their clean-cut all-rounder Chris Woakes excelling while Ben Stokes, grim-faced, clad in his smart blue suit and ritually snapped by photographers, made his daily trip to a Bristol courtroom.There Stokes relived the detai
  
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• Firestarter Stokes has long walked a line between brilliant and bolshy | Ali Martin

  14-08-2018 19:00
  Ben Stokes, acquitted of affray, will look to take his England career back to the heights of centuries and devastating bowling“The Hit Man. Don’t mess with Ben Stokes – he’s fast and furious”. So trumpeted the front page of the Times magazine on Saturday 23 September less than 48 hours before his early-hours arrest in Bristol city centre following a street brawl. The tonally prescient interview with the England cricketer honed in on his reputation for being short-fu
  
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• Not guilty, but Ben Stokes faces a battle to restore his reputation

  14-08-2018 16:45
  Despite being cleared of affray, the cricketer’s night out may haunt him for years to comeIt was supposed to have been a fun evening out for members of the England cricket team after a victory over the West Indies. But for Ben Stokes, a bout of violence at the end of the night, which left two men unconscious and at least one onlooker fearing for their safety, could yet prove damaging to a glittering career.Although he was found not guilty of affray, the all-rounder faces an inquiry by a di
  
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• Ben Stokes rejoins England squad after being cleared of affray

  14-08-2018 16:17
  • All-rounder could play in Saturday’s third Test against India
  • ECB: ‘Range of matters for the board to fully consider’England have added Ben Stokes to their squad for Saturday’s third Test after his acquittal at Bristol crown court.Stokes, cleared of a charge of affray on Tuesday lunchtime, was not in the 13-man squad England announced the previous day to face India at Trent Bridge. Related: Ben Stokes cleared of affray after brawl outside Bristol clubContinu
  
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• Ben Stokes recalled by England for third Test against India after not guilty verdict

  14-08-2018 15:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  BEN STOKES has been recalled to the England Test squad after he was found not guilty of affray earlier today.
  
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• Ben Stokes cleared of affray after brawl outside Bristol club

  14-08-2018 13:46
  England cricketer acquitted after jury accepts he had acted in self-defenceThe England cricketer Ben Stokes has been cleared of affray after a fight outside a Bristol nightclub.Following almost two and a half hours of deliberation, a jury of six men and six women at Bristol crown court acquitted the Durham all-rounder after he gave evidence saying he had acted in self-defence. Continue reading...
  
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• The Spin | India should listen to their elders: practice makes perfect in England | Simon Burnton

  14-08-2018 13:06
  Even given the modern game’s squeezed schedules playing three days of red-ball cricket before a five-Test series seemed reckless – India underprepared and are paying the priceIn January, after India had lost the first two of their three Tests in South Africa, their coach, Ravi Shastri, reflected on the reasons for their failure. “Conditions back home, we are familiar with. Here, conditions are different,” he concluded. “In hindsight, I would say another 10 days of p
  
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• England cricket news: James Anderson surprise future plans revealed by Trevor Bayliss

  14-08-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND coach Trevor Bayliss has backed James Anderson to carry on terrorising international batsmen until he is 40.
  
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