Brendon McCullum concerned for Ben Stokes after England captain dropped

Brendon McCullum (right) said both he and Ben Stokes (left) have gone through ‘a range of emotions’ after the latter’s post-Test curfew breach. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

Brendon McCullum has spoken of his concern for Ben Stokes’s wellbeing as the England captain sits out the second Test against New Zealand this week as a result of his breaking the team curfew after the first match in the series at Lord’s.

The fallout from Stokes and his teammate Gus Atkinson deciding to spend the early hours of Monday morning last week at a Chelsea nightclub rather than at the team hotel has dominated the period between the two matches.