Paul Edwards looks back at the Ben Stokes trial and to the future for a cricketer who has not always been in the picture for the wrong reasons

Innocent: Ben Stokes was cleared at Bristol Crown Court but questions will remain about his conduct
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The jury reached its verdict on Tuesday afternoon. Now everyone else can pass judgment on Ben Stokes.
We may be sure there will be no shortage of people willing to lob in their two penn’orth. To support their decision they may brandish photographs of the England all-rounder punching a bloke’s lights out in a Bristol...