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England great Botham slams Stokes for breaking curfew
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Ian Botham has criticised dropped England captain Ben Stokes for breaking a team curfew, with the cricket great saying he does not see “how you justify what happened”.
- Both all-rounder Stokes and paceman Gus Atkinson were made unavailable for the ongoing second Test against New Zealand at the Oval pending an investigation into an incident in a London bar.
- The England duo are being investigated by both the England and Wales Cricket Board and the independent Cricket Regulator.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Ian Botham has criticised dropped England captain Ben Stokes for breaking a team curfew, with the cricket great saying he does not see “how you justify what happened”.
Both all-rounder Stokes and paceman Gus Atkinson were made unavailable for the ongoing second Test against New Zealand at the Oval pending an investigation into an incident in a London bar.
Stokes, 35, and Atkinson, 28, broke the England team’s midnight curfew while celebrating victory in the first Test at Lord’s a fortnight ago, with a member of the team’s security staff reportedly struck by a Saracens rugby player.
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