{"id":490881,"date":"2026-06-23T03:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490881\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T03:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:18:08","slug":"ben-stokes-cleared-after-investigation-into-nightclub-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/490881\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stokes cleared after investigation into nightclub incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

England cricket captain Ben Stokes and teammate Gus Atkinson were cleared overnight by the sport\u2019s independent oversight panel relating to a nightclub incident<\/a> after the team\u2019s win against New Zealand this month.<\/p>\n

Stokes and Atkinson<\/a> already were due to return for the team\u2019s third test match \u2014 after being left out of the second against New Zealand<\/a> \u2014 starting Thursday after getting written warnings from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).<\/p>\n

The independent Cricket Regulator said overnight “no further action will be taken against either player”.<\/p>\n

Stokes and Atkinson broke a midnight curfew after victory in the first test and were in a London nightclub when a team security official was reportedly struck by a rugby player from English club Saracens.<\/p>\n

The morning headlines including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation and a new FIFA record from Lionel Messi. (Source: Breakfast)<\/p>\n

The Cricket Regulator body, which monitors compliance with the game\u2019s regulations, said it investigated “multiple lines of inquiry to gather and assess evidence”. <\/p>\n

“Having carefully reviewed all currently available information, the Cricket Regulator has determined that there is insufficient evidence to establish that any regulatory breach occurred,” it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Fallout from the incident drew more scrutiny on the culture around the England cricket team after a losing Ashes tour of Australia that was tainted by reports of excessive drinking and being unprofessional.<\/p>\n

The test series against New Zealand is tied 1-1 before the decisive third game at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England cricket captain Ben Stokes and teammate Gus Atkinson were cleared overnight by the sport\u2019s independent oversight panel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56211,111,139,69,213,1745],"class_list":["post-490881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cricket-world-cup","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports","tag-uk-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}