England slumped to a 253-run defeat against New Zealand on the fifth morning of the second Rothesay Test to prompt a swift recall for Ben Stokes ahead of next week’s series decider.
Shortly before play began at the Kia Oval, the England and Wales Cricket Board withdrew Stokes and Gus Atkinson from their county sojourns with Durham and Surrey, and head coach Brendon McCullum subsequently confirmed that Stokes will return as captain at Trent Bridge.