Stokes 'spotted at Heathrow Airport' to fuel rumour mill


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    • The sight of Ben Stokes wandering through Heathrow Airport on Monday evening, sporting his full cricket kit, fuelled extensive rumours on social media that he was heading to Australia to reinforce England’s Ashes squad in the wake of their defeat in the first Test at Brisbane.


    However, the truth proved to be more prosaic. In response to wildfire rumours on social media, the ECB confirmed that Stokes was simply making a private trip to New Zealand to spend time with his family.


    Though he was travelling with his cricket gear, Stokes’ arrangements had not been arranged by the ECB, and he was not headed either to link up with the Ashes squad, or the England Lions, who are currently in Queensland shadowing the main squad, or any other official training camps with the England set-up.


    Instead, he is expected to spend time with his parents in Christchurch, and may look to play some form of domestic cricket in New Zealand as he steps up his return to action.


    Stokes, who was arrested in Bristol on September 25, remains under investigation by Avon Somerset Police, following allegations of Actual Bodily Harm.





    A recall to England’s full squad remains highly unlikely in the near future, given that the ECB are waiting to see if the police press charges before they make any further decisions.


    However, the board has made no secret of its desire to get him back on the field at the earliest opportunity, with Tom Harrison, the CEO, saying recently that they wished to “rehabilitate his reputation on the field”.


    The news of Stokes’ movements come in the wake of another embarrassing saga for the ECB, folowing the revelation that Jonny Bairstow “headbutted” Cameron Bancroft, the Australia opener, on a night out in Perth at the start of the Ashes tour.


    Despite insisting that the Bairstow incident had been ‘blown out of all proportion’, Andrew Strauss, the England team director, was forced to act in response, instigating a midnight curfew for the Ashes squad, while insisting they needed to be smarter if they are to improve the perception the public currently have of them.


    On Stokes’ prospects of playing any part in the Ashes, Strauss added: “We’re waiting for the police to make a charging decision and, until that happens, nothing has changed. We’re in the same situation as we have been for quite a long time now.


    “There are certain procedural things that have taken place but there is a process that can only kick in once we’ve heard a charging decision from the police. We’re relatively clear in our minds what the procedure is from here and the start is the police coming out with their charging decision and, until that happens, we can’t move forward.”


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