Former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain believe Ben Stokes' nightclub incident, currently under investigation, does not warrant dismissal from the team.

Stokes, 35 last week, was named in a statement released at 6pm on Monday by the ECB as being alongside team-mate Gus Atkinson after the midnight curfew was broken.

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