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Stokes takes Kiwi route for Ashes
Suspended all-rounder Ben Stokes has left England on a trip to visit family in New Zealand and will not be joining the Ashes squad, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
London: Suspended all-rounder Ben Stokes has left England on a trip to visit family in New Zealand and will not be joining the Ashes squad, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
Stokes, who has been suspended since being arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm outside a Bristol nightclub in September, was pictured at London's Heathrow Airport late on Monday.
The sighting sparked speculation that he might be on his way to Australia to join his erstwhile team mates, who were hammered by 10 wickets in the first Ashes Test on Monday, but England officials said that is not the case.
"The ECB is aware that Ben Stokes is making a private trip to New Zealand to spend time with his family. His travel arrangements have not been arranged by the ECB," an ECB statement read.
"He is not on his way to the Ashes, England Lions or any other official training camps with the England set up." Stokes moved to England with his parents as a 12-year-old after his New Zealand rugby league international father, Ged, took up a coaching job in Cumbria. Andrew Strauss said the ECB are still awaiting a police decision on whether Stokes would be charged.
