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Inspirational Stokes is a great captain – he isn’t perfect and isn’t expected to be
England Test captain has a lot of credit in the bank and if he comes back hopefully everyone has the compassion to move past his curfew breach
TL;DR
- Ben Stokes, England's Test captain, has been suspended for breaking a team curfew.
- Joe Root has been appointed interim captain.
- Kane Williamson has retired from all international cricket mid-series.
- Concerns are raised about the quality of recent cricket pitches.
- The ECB's handling of the Stokes incident is contrasted with a previous one involving Harry Brook.