England captain Ben Stokes is set to miss next week’s second Test against New Zealand after being caught up in an incident, allegedly involving a Saracens rugby academy player, at a London nightclub in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Stokes, 35 last week, was named in a statement released at 6pm on Monday by the ECB as being alongside team-mate Gus Atkinson after the midnight curfew – imposed following last winter’s Ashes tour and has remained in place – was broken.
Neither player is expected to be named in England’s squad for The Oval next week while an investigation takes place,
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