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Hope Ben Stokes doesn’t retire amid nightclub incident fallout: Hussain | Cricket News

Hope Ben Stokes doesn’t retire amid nightclub incident fallout: Hussain | Cricket News

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3 min readJun 11, 2026 05:54 PM IST Ben Stokes’ career has been hit with yet another off-field incident, with the England Test captain being dropped from the squad for the second Test against New Zealand after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that he and Gus Atkinson were being investigated over an incident at a night club after the first match. The ECB said that Joe Root, who was Stokes’ predecessor as England’s Test captain, will be leading the team in the second Test, with the host leading the three-match series 1-0. Former England captain Nasser Hussain has said that amid all this, it should n0t be forgotten just how much Stokes has put his body on the line for the team, stating that he hopes the all-rounder does not call time on his career in these circumstances.  “Ben Stokes has been there for England a lot,” Hussain told the Sky Sports Cricket podcast. “He’s been there as a captain, he’s been there as a player at their finest moments – 50 …

Ben Stokes, Atkinson Dropped from England Squad After Nightclub Incident

Ben Stokes, Atkinson Dropped from England Squad After Nightclub Incident

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The captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been dropped from the England Squad for the Oval Test after a bizarre incident at a London nightclub. The ECB confirmed that the duo are being investigated for breaching the team’s curfew and reportedly getting involved in a brawl at Londo nightclub after their first Test Win at Lord’s. Meanwhile, Joe Root will lead England in Ben Stokes’ absence for the second test of the New Zealand tour of England 2026. England secured a 115-run victory in the first match and is currently in the 7th position of the WTC 2025-27 Points Table. This will be the first time England’s leading run scorer will captain the side in the Bazball era, and his first match in charge since March 2022. “The England & Wales Cricket Board can confirm that, given the ongoing investigation, Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have not been made available for selection for the Rothesay 2nd Test against New Zealand, which starts at the Kia Oval on Wednesday 17 June,” a statement read. Ben …

Meet the 6 feet 5 inches, 125 kg rugby player involved in Ben Stokes night club clash

Meet the 6 feet 5 inches, 125 kg rugby player involved in Ben Stokes night club clash

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2 min readJun 9, 2026 05:15 PM IST The Saracens rugby player who was involved in a late-night incident with England captain Ben Stokes and pacer Gus Atkinson is believed to a 21-year-old Samoan Totoa Auvaa. Auvaa, who is 6ft 5in and weighs 125kg hasn’t played for Saracens’s first team yet, but according to reports emerging from UK, was part of a party. According to The Times, Auvaa, who part of the academy, is understood to have thrown a punch in the early hours of Monday morning intended for Atkinson, but it ended up hitting a member of ECB’s security staff. According to the report, Stokes and Atkinson were in the VIP section of the nightclub, hours after England won the first Test against New Zealand at the Lord’s. Around the same time, Saracens players were celebrating their end of the season at the nightclub. According to the Times, Saracens players and a group of England cricketers were together in the White Horse pub in Fulham and then visited at least two other pubs in …

Ben Stokes, Gus Atkinson being investigated over nighclub incident after England’s 1st Test win

Ben Stokes, Gus Atkinson being investigated over nighclub incident after England’s 1st Test win

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1 min readJun 8, 2026 10:53 PM IST England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday that it is investigating captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson over an undisclosed “incident” in a “nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning”. ECB said that it was investigating  “a breach of team protocols” in the hours after England beat New Zealand by 115 runs in the first Test at Lord’s. “The ECB is currently investigating a breach of team protocols following the conclusion of the first Men’s Test against New Zealand. Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were present at a nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning when an incident took place,” said the board in a statement on Monday “We are currently seeking further information, and an announcement regarding the squad for the second Test will be made in due course. The Cricket Regulator has been informed and we will provide a further update when possible.” More to come… Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text …

Gus Atkinson needs to work on his body language

Gus Atkinson needs to work on his body language

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Ahead of the Sydney Test of the Ashes series, former England cricketer Stuart Broad said that pacer Gus Atkinson needs to work on his body language. Giving his analysis on the pace attack of England at the Ashes series Down Under, Broad said Atkinson’s body language is not that of a Test-match bowler. “Atkinson has amazing attributes,” Broad told Sky Sports. “He still averages under 25 with the ball, he wobbles the seam, he can swing it, he’s tall, he’s consistent, but his body language is not of a Test-match bowler in the battle. He was work to do on that.” “That doesn’t matter so much when you’re playing teams you should dominate and beat, but not against top teams, so his areas of improvement aren’t attributes or mental ability to cope with pressure, but letting your team know you are leading this group,” said Broad. On Monday, the 27-year-old Atkinson became the third England pace bowler to be ruled out of the Ashes series because of a hamstring injury. Earlier, pacers Mark Wood and …

England’s Gus Atkinson ruled out of final Ashes Test with hamstring injury | Cricket News

England’s Gus Atkinson ruled out of final Ashes Test with hamstring injury | Cricket News

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After losing the five-match Ashes Test series already with a 3-0 margin, the visiting England team were dealt a fresh blow to their hopes of bringing some semblance of respectability to the final scoreline of the series. England pace bowler Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the fifth and final Ashes cricket Test in Sydney with a hamstring injury. Atkinson, thus, will join the likes of Mark Wood (knee) and Jofra Archer (side strain) in the injury box. Atkinson reportedly picked up the niggle during the second morning of the Boxing Day Test, after bowling his fifth over of Australia’s second innings. He was officially ruled-out after scans on Monday confirmed the injury in his left leg. While confirming the injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board noted that England will not call up a replacement for the fifth Test. The previous Test at Melbourne ended in barely two days with the pacers ruling the roost. Match referee Jeff Crowe termed the pitch was “unsatisfactory”. “The MCG pitch was too much in favour of …

Ashes 2025-26: England make one change to playing XI for Adelaide Test in bid to keep series alive | Cricket News

Ashes 2025-26: England make one change to playing XI for Adelaide Test in bid to keep series alive | Cricket News

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England named their playing XI for the third Ashes Test against Australia at Adelaide, that starts on Wednesday, bringing in Josh Tongue for Gus Atkinson in a bid to keep the series alive with a win or a draw. The Ben Stokes-led side are 2-0 down in the series, having lost the first two Tests at Perth and Brisbane by eight wickets. The solitary change means the visitors will continue to rely on Will Jacks for his off-spin and hope for the seamers to take the bulk of the load in all 20 wickets to win the Test match. England had the option of picking Shoaib Bashir as the frontline spinner in the side, but have instead opted to rely on their pacers to help remain alive in the series. Australia had omitted Nathan Lyon from the starting XI at Brisbane and it remains to be seen if he makes a comeback for the Adelaide Test. Unlike previous years, where Adelaide has played host to a day-night Test in the Australian summer, the current match …

India vs England: An in-form Shreyas Iyer makes India’s middle order much stronger for Champions Trophy | Cricket News

India vs England: An in-form Shreyas Iyer makes India’s middle order much stronger for Champions Trophy | Cricket News

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There was for all purposes just one real fretful moment for India in England’s chase of a 357-run target in the third ODI in Ahmedabad. In six overs, England had blurred away to 60 without loss, and the left-handed dasher Ben Duckett was already on 34. It’s when India’s captain Rohit Sharma intervened. Duckett had been limping from the start, with a groin niggle, but crash-landing the ball to all parts with his stand-and-deliver routine. After he smashed four consecutive seam-up balls from Arshdeep Singh, Rohit had enough at mid-off. With his characteristic shrug of disdain, he called the attention of Arshdeep, gesturing to his thigh. The point was made: that Duckett is struggling with a groin injury that hampers his movement and balls should be crafted keeping that in mind. Not offer balls that he can just stand and whack. Arshdeep got the message and slipped in a slower ball off the final ball of that over. A nod of approval came from Rohit. Arshdeep started his next over as well with a slower …

India vs England ODI series: In his whirlwind century, Rohit Sharma showed he knows how to construct an innings | Cricket News

India vs England ODI series: In his whirlwind century, Rohit Sharma showed he knows how to construct an innings | Cricket News

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If there was anything to worry about Rohit Sharma the ODI player, it was settled in two shots early on in his innings in the second ODI against England at Cuttack. A flicked six over wide midwicket in the second over off Gus Atkinson and a hit over long-off in the fifth over off Saqib Mahmood. Rohit owns that shot – the way the hands move through the line, kicking up the imagery of a father lifting his daughter and throwing her up in joy in one swooping fluid motion. In the one Ranji Trophy game he played and was trolled after getting out cheaply in both innings, he had played that straight hit once; perhaps the confidence-revival kickstarted then. Rohit’s 90-ball 119, including seven sixes, would seem like a whirlwind knock, but a lot of planning went into its construction. “I really broke it down into pieces about how I wanted to bat,” he said after the game. “It’s a 50-over format, a little longer than the T20 format and a lot shorter than …

IND vs ENG: How Rohit Sharma proved talks of his waning prowess was grossly exaggerated with his second fastest hundred | Cricket News

IND vs ENG: How Rohit Sharma proved talks of his waning prowess was grossly exaggerated with his second fastest hundred | Cricket News

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Rohit Sharma had forewarned of writing him off in this version just yet. A seven-ball outing in Nagpur may have held the question over his head intact. But in a 142-minute masterclass at the Barabati Stadium on Sunday, the Indian captain wiped out detractors and England’s 304-run defence with his 32nd ODI century. First-game heroes Shubman Gill (60) and Shreyas Iyer (44) chipped in before India claimed a four-wicket victory and the series win with 33 balls to spare. On a day where the pacers were blunted by the England top-order, Ravindra Jadeja’s metronomic 3/35 had earlier denied the visitors a higher finish. When the local media reacted with rapturous applause to an early Rohit maximum, a couple of their English counterparts were left wondering if they were teleported to the Western Terrace back home at Headingley for a moment. For the Indian captain though, Sunday was all about reconnecting with happier times from not so long ago. 𝙄. 𝘾. 𝙔. 𝙈. 𝙄 1⃣1⃣9⃣ Runs9⃣0⃣ Balls1⃣2⃣ Fours7⃣ Sixes Captain Rohit Sharma dazzled and how! ✨ …