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Ben Stokes' future is hanging in the balance.

Ben Stokes has lost his power struggle with McCullum and Key

Ben Stokes’ captaincy might be over, but England are not good enough to leave him behind as a player, and they have no clear successor.

  • Nick Hoult

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Ben Stokes has been dropped for England’s second Test against New Zealand next week.

Ben Stokes dropped after nightclub incident as Joe Root named captain

Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been dropped by England for their second test against New Zealand while investigations continue into an incident at a nightclub.

  • Steve Douglas
The forlorn figure: Ben Stokes in Australia.

I want to see Ben Stokes in one more Ashes showdown. That’s why he should quit the captaincy

The last thing cricket wants to see is Stokes retiring from the international game in circumstances where he looks and sounds fed up with the morass of responsibilities that come with leadership.

  • Daniel Brettig
England cricket captain Ben Stokes.

Inside the nightclub incident that could cost Ben Stokes his job as England captain

Ben Stokes swore off alcohol last year and appeared to have put his disciplinary issues behind him. Now his captaincy, and indeed Test career, hang by a thread.

  • Nick Hoult, Will Macpherson and Charles Richardson
Marcus North celebrates scoring a century in the fourth Ashes Test in 2009 in Leeds.

A new North star? England cricket turn to Australian as new selector

He played in two Ashes series wearing a baggy green, but the former Test opening batsman will now help plot Australia’s downfall.

  • Will Macpherson and Nick Hoult
Mitchell Starc in full flight during the fifth Ashes Test in January.

Cricket bible honours Mitchell Starc, lashes England team for Ashes capitulation

The esteemed cricketing journal described England as “feckless, reckless and legless” on its bumbling Ashes tour to Australia.

  • Glenn Moore
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King Charles and Queen Camilla have been invited to Australia for the match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket. West Indian cricket great Viv Richards (pictured with them this week) is also on the guest list.

King Charles on the invite list for Test cricket’s MCG celebration

King Charles and Test cricket royalty from across the globe have been invited to the MCG to celebrate 150 years of Test cricket, along with the sport’s most revered trophy – the priceless Ashes urn.

  • Greg Dundas
Iranian Women’s national soccer team coach Marziyeh Jafari (left) and captain Zahra Ghanbari during the Women’s Asian Cup Iran press conference at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast on Sunday. The team is in Australia to compete in their second Women’s Asian Cup.

Football, cricket, F1: World of sport adjusts as Iran conflict erupts

England captain Ben Stokes and predecessor Andrew Flintoff are among foreign nationals looking to get out of the Gulf region.

  • Daniel Brettig and Emma Kemp
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

‘Terrible what they are doing to him’: Chappell, Gavaskar, Border, Waugh make humanitarian appeal for Imran Khan

Fourteen former international cricket captains from five Test teams have appealed to the Pakistan government to request better prison treatment for Imran Khan.

  • Daniel Brettig
The golden era of England’s test cricket team is over, and analysis from Australian economists shows it wasn’t that golden to begin with.

Naked Sport: Why a crime reporter is investigating England’s Ashes fiasco

There is a precedent. After all, Richie Benaud had a stint as a crime reporter.

  • John Silvester