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Allrounder Ben Stokes is set to be withdrawn from England’s ODI squad for the series in Australia, with batsman Dawid Malan his likely replacement.
Stokes is still waiting to hear if he will be charged by the Crown Prosecution Service for his role in an incident outside a club in Bristol, and though the ECB had picked him in the ODI squad in the first week of December, the board had said his selection was dependent on the outcome of the police investigation.
The incident – which also involved England batsman Alex Hales, who was not charged by police – cost Stokes his place in the side for the last two ODIs against West Indies at the end of the English summer, and the ongoing Ashes in Australia. There has been no update on whether Stokes would be charged or not since.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo