Ben Stokes becoming injured at the start of the 2010 season meant that Stokes continued playing in all forms of the game for Durham. Having had a very successful debut season in first-class cricket he was given a place in the England Performance Programme and travelled to Australia during the 2010–11 Ashes. On 2 January 2015, Stokes joined the Melbourne Renegades of Australia's Big Bash League for the remainder of the season as a replacement for Jesse Ryder, who was ruled out through injury. On 13 February 2017, Stokes was appointed vice-captain of England's test team, deputising under Joe Root, who was
Ben Stokes by the time the Commission issued its verdict. Stokes was charged on 15 January 2018, along with two other men, with affray. He appeared before Bristol Magistrates' Court on 13 February 2018, where he pleaded not guilty. He then joined the English team in Hamilton for the New Zealand series, for the ECB put its own disciplinary process on hold whilst the legal proceedings were in progress. The affray trial started on 6 August 2018, which ruled him out of the second Test match against India. On 14 August he was acquitted. Ben Stokes Benjamin Andrew Stokes (born 4 June