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• England’s Ben Stokes and Alex Hales still on good terms after court claims

  15-08-2018 18:14
  • Stokes’s lawyer had raised Hales’s role in Bristol brawl at trial
  • England to assess all-rounder’s fitness before third India TestBen Stokes and Alex Hales have a protracted wait to learn if they face any cricketing sanctions but there is understood to be no ill-feeling between the pair after a potentially divisive end to the Bristol court case in which the former was cleared of affray.Stokes’s counsel, Gordon Cole QC, had used his closing speech on Monday to
  
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• CPS defends handling of case against cricketer Ben Stokes

  15-08-2018 16:00
  Prosecution criticised for trying to add assault charge to indictment in trial in which Stokes was clearedThe Crown Prosecution Service has defended its handling of the high-profile case against the England cricketer Ben Stokes after a jury unanimously cleared him of affray.Following six days of evidence and only two and a half hours of deliberations, the verdict allowed the 27-year-old former England vice-captain to walk free from Bristol crown court. Continue reading...
  
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• Ben Stokes has embarrassed the ECB? Usually it doesn’t need anyone’s help | Marina Hyde

  15-08-2018 14:02
  The all-rounder’s court case may be over but the England and Wales Cricket Board’s handling of this affair doubtless has a few more embarrassing twists and turns to take yetI am relieved to learn that the not guilty verdict in the Ben Stokes affray trial has ended what has been widely acknowledged as a period of awkwardness for the England and Wales Cricket Board. “ECB’s embarrassment over after Stokes cleared,” declared Sky News.Newly unembarrassed – or found
  
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• Lessons for Trent Bridge: pointers for England and India before third Test | Daniel Harris

  15-08-2018 13:23
  Chris Woakes has a chance to fully re-establish himself while there are plenty of issues for Virat Kohli to resolveTwo weeks ago India were on the cusp of greatness. Already the best team in the world, a win in England would enshrine them as a team for the ages. And they knew that circumstances were in their favour, with the limited-overs series which preceded the Tests allowing their batsmen to acclimatise to unusually sub-continental conditions. Yet, somehow, the opportunity of a lifetime is p
  
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