Captain Stokes and fast bowler Atkinson were ruled out of the second Test, which began on Wednesday, awaiting an inquiry into an incident at a London nightclub. However, both were permitted to play domestic cricket, with Stokes playing for Durham and Atkinson for Surrey in the opening two days of matches that began on Friday.
Netherlands all-rounder Colin Ackermann has replaced Stokes in the Durham 11. The Dutch all-rounder will now be looking to contribute to the game. Stokes in the match scored a brilliang 95 runs.
Why was Ben Stokes absent in the 2nd Test vs England?
Thus, both cricketers were suspended from the 2nd Test match against New Zealand. Joe Root was handed the leadership role in the absence of Ben Stokes in the match. The Kiwis set up a massive total of 463 runs for the home side to chase and seal the series. If they achieve this target, it will be England's highest successful run-chase in the longest format of the game.
"We obviously have our little debriefs at the end of days' plays, and we always go around the lads and we try and say as much as we can if we got things wrong on the day and then obviously praise each other as well."
There has been speciulations of Ben Stokes might also be considering retiring from Test cricket and also leaving the captaincy role.
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