MIKE Brearley, regarded as England’s finest captain, has urged the England and Wales Cricket Board to leave any punishment meted out to Ben Stokes to the due process of the law.

By Peter Hayter

Centre of attention: Ben Stokes arrives at court to plead not guilty to a charge of affray
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Stokes was banned from the Ashes campaign this winter while police decided whether to press charges over his part in a latenight incident outside a Bristol nightclub last September.
The Durham all-rounder has since bee...