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Joe Root confident England are back on track after ‘unusual summer of chaos’

Root returned to the captaincy role in June after the dramatic retirement of Ben Stokes – one of many incidents the team had to deal with.

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'Fantastic role model': Strikers coach on Stokes

Adelaide Strikers coach Tim Paine has no plans to raise Ben Stokes' off-field behaviour with the star Englishman when he arrives to play in the BBL.

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Ben Stokes gives major career update after international retirement

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Ben Stokes confirms T20 franchise cricket plans after retiring from England duty

Stokes will spend the winter in Adelaide playing for the Strikers in the Big Bash League.

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Ben Stokes signs deal with Australian cricket team after England retirement

Stokes has been brought in by the Adelaide Strikers for this winter’s Big Bash

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Ben Stokes gives Adelaide Strikers massive BBL boost

The Big Bash League has received a giant boost with legendary England allrounder Ben Stokes committed to playing in Adelaide for the entire tournament.

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England have found a winning formula – with one looming problem

England’s seam quartet have proved too good for Pakistan in a long-awaited series win – but will a different balance be required moving forward?

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Dan Lawrence determined to enjoy England ride amid uncertainty of regime change

It is not clear how incoming head coach Stephen Fleming will shape his batting line-up.

The Independent UK

Derbyshire Police probe ‘allegations of assault’ after Brydon Carse incident

It is not yet clear what role Carse played in events.

The Independent UK

Derbyshire police investigating alleged assault in connection with Carse arrest

Derbyshire police are investigating an alleged assault in connection with the arrest of Brydon Carse last weekend, which led to the bowler being dropped from the England squad

The Guardian - UK

Root reads from same old script in latest episode of England’s off-field soap opera

Captain followed trend of discussing nightclub incidents rather than cricket before the second Test against Pakistan

The Guardian - UK

If Joe Root is serious about ending England’s drinking culture, there is only one solution

COMMENT: Perhaps men in their thirties who routinely stay out drinking into the small hours shouldn’t be selected to enjoy lavish central contracts, writes Lawrence Ostlere

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Michael Vaughan demands punishment to ‘send shiver’ through England team after Brydon Carse arrest

Brydon Carse was briefly arrested while on a night out in Derby on Saturday

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Carse’s night out shows Fleming must get a grip on this England squad immediately

Another ill-fated nocturnal excursion by a contracted player shows the new Test head coach should be on hand to set and enforce standards

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Brydon Carse dropped by England as investigation begins into handcuffs incident

Brydon Carse has been stood down from England’s squad for the second Test against Pakistan this week after footage of him in police handcuffs outside a bar in Derby emerged

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Brydon Carse dropped by England after nightclub incident

Days after new England Test captain Joe Root urged his players to be ‘really good role models, good human beings,’ Carse spent time spent in handcuffs outside a Derby night club

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Brydon Carse ‘pretty daft’ to get caught up in nightclub incident – Stuart Broad

England fast bowler Carse was handcuffed by police as he celebrated Durham’s win over Derbyshire.

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English cricket’s latest shame raises deeper question about sport’s relationship with alcohol

COMMENT: The fast bowler Brydon Carse is under investigation after an incident at a nightclub. Harry Latham-Coyle asks why England do not seem to be learning the lessons of a troubled period

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Why England’s summer of cricket chaos could yet have a silver lining

For all the upheaval and neurosis, it may yet be that the darkest hour came just before dawn for this England team

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Brydon Carse handcuffed by police outside nightclub prompting ECB investigation

A social media video showed the England and Durham bowler being apprehended by police outside a Derby nightclub, but he was released without charge

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Northants thrash Lancashire to keep Kent in sight: county cricket day four – as it happened

Northamptonshire won by 316 runs at Old Trafford which keeps them close to Kent at the top of Division Two

The Independent UK

Ben Stokes stars as Durham boost promotion hopes in County Championship

The former England captain took five wickets against Derbyshire, while Warwickshire pipped Sussex in a Division One thriller

The Independent UK

‘Shambolic’ not to take Ashes Test to Headingley – Ben Stokes

Joe Root, Stokes’ successor as Test captain, branded the decision ‘a shame’ after England clinched victory over Pakistan in Leeds on Friday.

The Independent UK

Ben Stokes fumes at ‘shambolic’ decision to omit Headingley from Ashes venues

Trent Bridge in Nottingham is the most northern venue at next year’s men’s Ashes series, despite Headingley’s popularity and England’s good record in Leeds

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Joe Root rues lack of Headingley Ashes Test after rout of Pakistan

England won the first Test of their current series by an innings and 103 run inside three days at Leeds.

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