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How long's a piece of string when the owner is taking four months to unravel the first bit.................?
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Chin's right. A break should be taken from the discussion. Not because of any legal ramifications but because the whole issue is now very very boring. We have a Brexit thread set up specifically for tedium.
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#187 |
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Wow wow wow.
ECB say Stokes available lor selection.
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#188 |
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Stokes is now 'available for selection' for the Tour of NZ:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42718484 |
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BREAKING NEWS: Ben Stokes has been cleared to resume his England career and he will join the England squad for the T20 tri-series.
Great news for England fans but it does rather make a mockery of the fact he was effectively suspended when he was under investigation and cleared to play when he has been charged of a criminal offence. #shambles |
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#190 |
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Yes. Astonishing decision and makes the ECB look utterly stupid.
It was deemed inappropriate to select himfor the Ashes when there was no charge against him. Now he's been charged and is going to trial, it's appropriate to select him. I freely confess that I'm not the brightest but the 'logic' of the ECB's position over this escapes me entirely.... |
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Just been told the 'logic' is that if the ECB had known four months ago he was going to trial for affray, he would have been suspended for a certain number of matches - and that suspension is now deemed to have been served.
But what happens if is he found guilty (or pleads guilty, which would be by far the most pragmatic thing for him to do)? Does he then get a second suspension by the ECB? Or will it be deemed that the punishment he has already served covers all outcomes at his trial? What a shambles. |
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That's just a bizarre decision. I presume the Court appearance won't be until after the NZ series then?
Perhaps the fact he's not being charged with a bodily harm offence has counted for him. |
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“Given the CPS decision to charge him and two others with affray, confirmation of his intention to contest the charge and the potential length of time to trial, the board agreed that it would not be fair, reasonable or proportionate for Ben Stokes to remain unavailable for a further indeterminate period.”
Sounds reasonable to me. I’m guessing they didn’t want him to play whilst a conviction for ABH/GBH was on the cards. He (and England) have suffered enough for the lesser crime of affray that he is, until proven otherwise, innocent of.
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The change of position is a nonsense but I suppose is necessary given how Strauss mishandled it in the first place.
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Strauss position becoming very shaky on a few fronts.
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Ben Stokes allowed to resume cricket career as ECB feared being sued for restraint of trade | @NHoultCricket
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The way I see this is a) Out late and fighting b) Disclipinary hearing (it wasn't as if he was going to be banned for 6 months or more. Whatever the outcome (guilty or not, it was always going to be a couple of matches). c) Allowed to play while waiting for police and CPS due to the business of restraint of trade. Last edited by 1000yardstare : 17th January 2018 at 15:24. |
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