Ben Stokes, Alex Hales fined over Bristol nightclub brawl
Cricket | December 07, 2018 23:48 ISTStokes was handed an eight-match England ban, but those games are deemed to have already been served.
Stokes was handed an eight-match England ban, but those games are deemed to have already been served.
The charges relate to the T10 Cricket League played in the UAE last year. Lokuhettige was provisionally suspended with immediate effect.
Sanctions by the commission can include unlimited fines or suspension and termination of registration.
While the England and Wales Cricket Board is starting a new 100-ball format, the Indian skipper announced that he won't be a part of "one more format".
England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, troubled by a right shoulder injury, will miss Lancashire's next two matches -- against Worcestershire and Hampshire -- in this period.
Three Test matches involving India (vs Sri Lanka in Galle, vs England in Chennai and vs Australia in Ranchi) are under scanner after the sting.
The report further goes on to claim that BCCI's decision to let Indian cricketers take part in the 100-ball tournament would pave way for negotiations around an IPL franchise in London.
Andrew Strauss will temporarily step aside from England and Wales Cricket Board director as his wife undergoes cancer treatment. England coach Andy Flower will take on Strauss' tasks over the coming months.
England Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman Colin Graves feels young people "are just not attracted to cricket" and that is the reason the board's new 100-ball-a side tournament has been conceptualised.
The BCCI might just put in a request to ECB to push back the dates of the one-off Test between India A and England Lions at Worcester.
The English domestic cricket is all set for yet another format of the game after the ECB had last week announced a revamped eight-team competition, which would see each side face just 100 balls.
The 40-year-old, who has appeared in three Tests for England, will hire a full-time independent England selector to work with him, alongside head coach Trevor Bayliss.
The 26-year-old all-rounder, who missed the Ashes against Australia last year after being suspended from playing for England, is accused of brawling along with two other men in southwest England.
Stokes, one of the world's leading cricketers in all formats, missed England's Ashes series in Australia and the start of the ODI series between the countries because of his provisional suspension by the ECB.
England called up Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone and returning paceman Mark Wood in its 16-man squad for the two-match Test series in New Zealand in March.
It is the latest controversy in a troubled Ashes tour for England, with all-rounder Ben Stokes not with the team following an altercation on a night out in September while Bairstow reportedly head-butted Australian Cameron Bancroft in a bar.
Speculation about Ben Stokes' intentions arose when he was reportedly spotted at London's Heathrow Airport with his cricket gear, with photos spreading quickly on social media.
Stokes was, however, retained in the list of England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) 2017-18 central contracts and could make the squad if no further police action is taken against him.
Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball and Liam Plunkett accepted a written warning and were handed an undisclosed fine by the England and Wales Cricket Board for their "unprofessional conduct" during the recent ODI series against the West Indies.
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