Isabelle Westbury

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In the firing line: Ben Stokes is due in court on August 6 – three days before the start of the second Test with India
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Athumping 124-run win to seal the ODI series against the West Indies. Spirits were high.
Too high, in fact, in the early hours of Monday September 25 last year. This is when Ben Stokes, fresh off a knock of 73 which had featured three sixes, is alleged to have landed the first of what were reportedly fifteen punches outside a nightclub in Bristol.
The purported act, the speculation and the ensuing drama is no...