Durham all-rounder Stokes was dropped for Wednesday’s fourth one-day worldwide in opposition to West Indies at The Oval — the venue for the Ashes squad announcement — after being arrested early on Monday in Bristol.
That adopted England’s win within the third ODI within the southwest metropolis on Sunday.
Stokes, 26, stays beneath investigation after being launched with out cost.
In the interim, he has retained his place of vice-captain to Check skipper Joe Root, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) cricket director Andrew Strauss advised an Oval information convention.
‘Minor fracture’
“Ben did have an X-ray yesterday (Tuesday),” mentioned Strauss.
“Early outcomes are that he has acquired a minor fracture on his proper hand,” the previous England captain added.
“There are clearly extra exams that should be finished, however the early indications are that he ought to be match to play a full half in all of the Ashes Check matches.”
The harm to Stokes’ proper hand is believed to have been sustained throughout a confrontation that left a person in hospital.
A police investigation is unlikely to be concluded earlier than England depart for Australia on October 28, which means the incident may dangle over Stokes for the entire tour.
Furthermore, Stokes is only one on-field offence away from incurring a possible two-Check ban beneath the Worldwide Cricket Council’s code of conduct.
England ODI common Alex Hales — an Ashes long-shot who didn’t make the Check squad — was additionally ignored of Wednesday’s match after being with Stokes on Sunday night time.
The pair could possibly be amongst a number of England gamers who face ECB motion, with Strauss saying: “What I’m doing is chatting with the gamers individually to get their accounts of what went on.
“They could be topic to disciplinary proceedings together with Ben,” defined Strauss, the final England captain to win the Ashes in Australia in 2010/11.
England’s squad contained three uncapped gamers in 23-year-old Somerset quick bowler Craig Overton, 20-year-old Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane, who will present assist to Moeen Ali, and Surrey wicket-keeper Ben Foakes, 24, included as cowl for Jonny Bairstow.
In the meantime there have been remembers for middle-order batsmen James Vince and Gary Ballance regardless of the pair’s struggles throughout their earlier Check stints.
Vince was dropped on the finish of the 2016 English season northern summer season following a poor run of seven Exams that noticed him publish a high rating of 42 in 11 innings in opposition to Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
This season Vince is averaging a modest 34.82 in first-class cricket for Hampshire however England imagine his recreation can be suited to Australian pitches.
Ballance solely managed 85 runs in two Exams in opposition to South Africa at a mean of 21.25 earlier than he suffered a fractured finger.
Overton acquired his probability forward of the likes of Mark Wooden and Steven Finn after taking 43 Championship wickets this season.
Essex batsman Tom Westley, who did not persuade at quantity three this season, was dropped.
This has been Root’s first season as Check captain, with the Yorkshire batsman overseeing residence collection wins in opposition to South Africa (Three-1) and West Indies (2-1).
‘Final check’
However England nationwide selector James Whitaker mentioned: “A tour of Australia is the last word check for our squad.”
Along with England coach Trevor Bayliss’s common workers, there can be some new faces within the Australian’s backroom set-up, with former New Zealand paceman Shane Bond appointed as a fast-bowling advisor.
Bond will fill the hole left by former bowling chief Ottis Gibson’s departure to change into the brand new head coach of South Africa up till the top of the second Check.
Former England one-day captain Paul Collingwood, Stokes’s captain at Durham, may even take a training position throughout the Check collection.
England maintain the Ashes after a Three-2 win on residence soil in 2015.
However their final tour of Australia noticed them undergo a 5-Zero Ashes defeat in 2013/14.
The primary match within the upcoming five-Check Ashes collection is about to begin in Brisbane on November 23.
