Ben Stokes to be withdrawn from England’s ODI squad

Allrounder Ben Stokes is location to be withdrawn from England’s ODI squad for the series in Australia, with batsman Dawid Malan his probably substitute.

Stokes is mute ready to listen to if he’ll be charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for his position in an incident out of doorways a membership in Bristol, and even though the ECB had picked him in the ODI squad in the first week of December, the board had said his selection was reckoning on the of the police investigation.

The incident – which moreover eager England batsman Alex Hales, who was now not charged by police and therefore cleared for ODI selection – worth Stokes his space in the facet for the supreme two ODIs towards West Indies at the stay of the English summer, and the ongoing Ashes in Australia. There was no update on whether or now not Stokes would be charged or now not since.

Stokes was arrested in September on suspicion of inflicting staunch bodily afflict then launched on bail. Avon and Somerset police had completed their investigation into the incident and passed a file onto the Crown Prosecution Service for advice on whether or now not he wants to be charged. The police moreover confirmed that a 27-three hundred and sixty five days-historical man suffered a fractured quiz socket in the incident which took place out of doorways the Mbargo nightclub in the Clifton home of the metropolis on the night of England’s one-day global towards West Indies on September 25.

Stokes returned to competitive circulate by taking half in for Canterbury in the home one-day and T20 competitions in Original Zealand in December, for which he was granted a no-objection certificate by the ECB.

The ODI series between Australia and England begins in Melbourne on January 14, after which the teams will play a T20I series sooner than England embark on their tour of Original Zealand.

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