Jun 10, 2026 – 7.35amLondon | Two days before the football World Cup kicks off, and an English captain is making news for the wrong reason.Except it isn’t the talismanic Harry Kane under the spotlight, but the skipper of England’s Test cricket team Ben Stokes, whose night out on the tiles has again revived questions about an alcohol-fuelled culture around the national team.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Rum and Stokes: Bender revives row on England cricket’s boozy culture
England’s cricket captain has been embroiled in the fifth incident in less than a decade in which a player’s poor choices involving alcohol have caught them out.
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