Stokes to return as England captain for 3rd New Zealand Test - McCullum (opens in new tab)

Stokes was stood down from England's emphatic 253-run defeat by New Zealand in the second Test at the Oval this week for breaching a team curfew following his side's win in the series opener at Lord's earlier this month. Although absent from the second Test, all-rounder Stokes, 35, was permitted to play for Durham and he made 95 against Northamptonshire in the County Championship on Saturday. But on Sunday, before play started, both Stokes and Surrey paceman Gus Atkinson, who was also dropped...