So acute is the agitation over Ben Stokes’s fitness that even the sight of him breaking into a light trot at Chester-le-Street this week has acquired state-of-the-nation significance. Might it mean he ...

If England choose to offer the one-day captaincy to Ben Stokes, they might as well not bother travelling to Australia for this winter’s Ashes. That’s because if England’s Test captain takes over the ...

Captain Ben Stokes is unlikely to play any competitive cricket before the first fixture of England’s legacy-defining Test year.

At the ground he calls home, Kane Williamson had moved ominously to 44 shortly after tea, with New Zealand 185 for three and looking happy with life after Ben Stokes had asked them to bat.

with Ben Stokes still the preferred choice as one-day skipper following the resignation of Jos Buttler. Mail Sport first revealed four weeks ago that managing director Rob Key was planning the ...

Stokes hasn't played at any level since he tore his left hamstring in December and the experienced all-rounder continues to track well with his recovery ahead of a busy 12 months that includes a ...