Yeah assume he will be dropped, once a sentence is passed (a quick scan of the cps guidelines say it's probably going to be community service of some sort) the ecb can decide what to do, given how many games he has missed I'd expect to see him playing somewhere soon after. It may however impact playing the ipl
Sounds like he's quite a lucky boy given the reports were that ABH was a distinct possibility. I guess the CPS have decided that they wouldn't make that stick in court.
Yeah I guess that, and as always a few different sides to the story which are likely to come out Stokes does seem keen to say he has something to say on the issue but will wait until he goes to court.
Stokes does seem keen to say he has something to say on the issue but will wait until he goes to court.
At least he has some sense then
Innocent until proven guilty?
Charges are in, lower level and no date set?
He can play and then deal with a ban after that?
Clearly I was wrong then.
Innocent until proven guilty?
Well, on the one hand yes. But on the other, he's no more or less innocent than he was before the ashes. It still amounts to decking someone then sticking the boot in, regardless of the charge.
At this point the ECB will have met and listed their punishments for him, they will be agreed already based on likely outcomes, the outcomes for affray would probably have been less games than he has missed already so if you are leaving him banned it's going to be retrospective, if not let him play and then ban him after.
then sticking the boot in
That was Hales
At this point the ECB will have met and listed their punishments for him, they will be agreed already based on likely outcomes, the outcomes for affray would probably have been less games than he has missed already so if you are leaving him banned it's going to be retrospective, if not let him play and then ban him after.
If you or I were to fracture someone's eye socket I suspect our employer wouldn't be over the moon regardless. Plenty of England players have lost their opportunity to represent their country for less, eg Duckett most recently for the most trivial of things. Oh wait, we *need* Stokes and he is kind of good... and we might lose him to mega dollar 2020 competitions if we don't get him back as soon as possible... as you were
Wasn’t the being dropped for Australia thing because he didn’t know when he might be called back to be charged, so theoretically it could have been in the middle of a test match or build up?
Presumably he will now be given a definite date for a trial, so he can do his ‘job’ around that?
BTW what has happened to the scrote who was threatening to use a bottle on someone?
BTW what has happened to the scrote who was threatening to use a bottle on someone?
Same charges by the looks of it
I thought Duckett was primarily out of the picture due to his lack of success at the international level. Giving Jimmy a free shower just exacerbated the issue.
If you or I were to fracture someone's eye socket I suspect our employer wouldn't be over the moon regardless.
Yep it's true, and if my contract had no mention of criminal conviction it's a tough one. Also as this is before all the facts are presented its not legally a good time to be making judgement.
You can make moral judgements all the way if you want the ecb are making them based on what they know and what they can do. Plenty of organisations do what they can to retain people they want regardless of what they have done.
Plenty of organisations do what they can to retain people they want regardless of what they have done.
Tbh I’m fairly ambivalent about how the ECB treats him. He wasn’t playing cricket at the time, the criminal justice system is the correct place for this to be decided. I guess I was just a little confused as to why the ECB made him unavailable for the two more important tournaments but are now making him available for the hit and giggle when he’s still legally no more innocent or guilty than he was back in September
Media, cock up, screw up and hope that the police/cps would have moved faster.
They had to do something, now it's going to drag on much longer so need to avoid more problems probably from a contractual point of view.
Nice sunny day in Brisvegas today, fast looking good wicket.
Smith winning toss, batting and happy with that, Morgan replies we were going to make them bat anyway.
Going to have to get well past 300 on this deck Warner and Finch getting a good start 6 overs in....
That's an annoyingly good start by the Aussies.
Just to add highest run chase was 306 from 49 overs and highest total was 326 by Australia.
And Smith is very unhappy! Very Very unhappy!!! Love the look of shock when he was told to march there, nice progress getting through them
I know I'm probably speaking too soon, but am I the only one who thinks that Australia seem to have forgotten to pick any bowlers for this match? Starc is unlikely to get 10-fer
ROOOOOOOOOT!
Back to back 100 for Finch is rather annoying
But now he's gone, as has the more useless of the two Marshes
Well, that was easy enough. Aussies must be bored.
cracking team win
Well a very entertaining innings from England there, flipping between peril and doom and then Butler & Woakes doing the business to hit the magic 300, Steve Smith must be wondering what he has to do in this game.
Good recovery- should be a good match if Finch keeps scoring tons.
Buttler & Woakes sounds like a shirtmaker
Warner for 8 🙂
And another. Smith needs to steady things, but Wood bowling so nicely.
This one might finally be a close one.
Well England have 2hrs to knock them over or make it impossible before I have to go party this evening.
With Plunkett off and Root being attacked, I didn’t think that was likely until Finch’s LBW
Well, Finch has gone LBW
There is about to be a massive dummy spit. Smith just about out...
He's not happy.
Oh dear.
Yep, that was a hell of a long review there! Game right on here
tough shit Smith. You'd have taken it the other way and you walked on the field when it happened.
Super player, but a nasty little turd.
Wicket.
Getting a bit tight.
Good game this.
This is going to go down to the wire I think
We are struggling a bowler down though.
Will be tight, but 9.5 an over from the tail?
Couple of wickets would help a lot
12 an over from last 5 is tough.
