Ben Stokes | King Cricket

< 1 minute readBen Stokes was suspended from international cricket while the Crown Prosecution Service decided whether or not to press charges relating to the Bristol scuffle. Now that they have decided to charge him, he’s once again become eligible for selection. We have no real opinion on whether or not Stokes should

October 28, 2017 Australia / England

Ben Stokes Ashes situation entirely unchanged by latest “revelations”

2 minute readIf you’re indicted for war crimes, “But they started it!” is not a particularly weighty defence – even if it’s true. It’s some way down the scale, but the same principle still holds true with Ben Stokes. Today’s confirmation that he was defending two gay men when he rained all

September 26, 2017 England

Ben Stokes makes a night in the cells happen

2 minute readThe facts are these. Splice and dice them as you see fit. The ECB say that 26-year-old Ben Stokes was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning following “an incident” in Bristol Police say a 26-year-old man was arrested that night on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm Another

September 7, 2017 England / West Indies

“You don’t see Alastair Cook drop too many”

2 minute readSo said Michael Vaughan after Cook had shelled an easy one early on. Where has he been looking? We’ve always felt like he drops a fair few – although maybe not by Vaughan’s own almost criminally low catching standards. We wouldn’t go so far as to say that Cook’s a

July 28, 2017 England / South Africa

What Ben Stokes’ erratic boundary-hitting says about his batting

< 1 minute readKevin Pietersen’s career strike-rate was 61.72. Matthew Hayden’s was 60.10. For all that these are batsmen with a reputation for intimidating bowlers, they chose their moments. This is a large part of the art of Test match batting. It’s about letting bowlers know that you are willing to hit them