Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have returned to England’s squad for the decisive third Test against New Zealand after the England and Wales Cricket Board concluded its investigation into the pair’s breach of the team curfew celebrating victory in the first game of the series.
“Stokes and Atkinson were found to have breached specific contractual obligations that require England players to at all times maintain the highest standards of conduct and act in the best interests of England cricket,” the ECB said in a statement, in which it revealed that Atkinson had twice been attacked by the same individual.
