Yahoo Sports reports: Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson are under ECB investigation after breaching a midnight curfew and becoming involved in a nightclub altercation in Chelsea. Reports claim a Saracens academy rugby player threw a punch at Atkinson but hit an ECB security guard, who needed stitches. ECB sources insist the cricketers “were not the aggressors.” Stokes’s captaincy is now under scrutiny.
sports | sports | Yahoo Sports | June 9, 2026 11:18 AM
Ben Stokes nightclub controversy: What happened between England captain, Gus Atkinson and rugby player?
Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson are under ECB investigation after breaching a midnight curfew and becoming involved in a nightclub altercation in Chelsea. Reports claim a Saracens academy rugby player threw a punch at Atkinson but hit an ECB security guard, who needed stitches. ECB sources insist the cricketers “were not the aggressors.” Stokes’s captaincy is now under scrutiny.
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