{"id":415813,"date":"2026-06-10T10:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=415813"},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:42:34","slug":"stokes-weighing-england-captaincy-future-after-nightclub-incident-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/stokes-weighing-england-captaincy-future-after-nightclub-incident-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Stokes weighing England captaincy future after nightclub incident &#8211; reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 10 : England captain Ben Stokes is considering his leadership future following his involvement in a nightclub incident that has prompted an investigation by the country&#8217;s cricket board (ECB), according to media reports on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 On Monday, the ECB&nbsp;said Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson were under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The incident &#8211; the details of which have not been disclosed &#8211; occurred in the early hours of Monday after England\u2019s victory over New Zealand in the first test at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 On Tuesday, ESPNcricinfo reported Stokes would meet with his advisors on Wednesday to decide on his future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stokes was previously involved in a 2017 incident outside a Bristol nightclub that led to an affray charge. He missed the 2017-18 Ashes tour before being cleared the following summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 After England&#8217;s squad faced scrutiny earlier this year for their behaviour during a 4-1 Ashes series defeat, ECB chief executive Richard Gould said in January that players would be subject to stricter measures, including a midnight curfew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The second test of the three-match series against New Zealand begins on June 17 at The Oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10 : England captain Ben Stokes is considering his leadership future following his involvement in a nightclub incident that has prompted an investigation by the country&#8217;s cricket board (ECB), according to media reports on Tuesday. \u2022 On Monday, the ECB&nbsp;said Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson were under investigation. \u2022 The incident &#8211; the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415814,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415813\/revisions\/415814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}