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P26 Layout 1 26 Sports Thursday, August 16, 2018 Cleared Ben Stokes fuels fiery debate about his future ‘There are clauses in an England cricketer’s contract’ LONDON: England star Ben Stokes may have been governing body the England and Wales Cricket Board cleared of affray but former cricket luminaries while (ECB) have to act. agreeing his behaviour was well below that expected of a “Some people would argue that Ben Stokes has had it man seen by many as a role model are divided as to tough, and has served his time in missing the Ashes, but I whether he should face further punishment. see it differently,” he told The Daily Mail. “The ECB The 27-year-old New Zealand-born all-rounder faces should not now take the easy option. an internal disciplinary enquiry by the Cricket Discipline “It is far too serious an issue, and the footage far too Commission (CDC) following his acquittal by unanimous serious, for people to think about moving on and brush- decision of a jury on Tuesday. ing things under the carpet.” former Derbyshire batsman and qualified solicitor Tim O’Gorman is heading the investigation. Stokes’s team- ‘DOESN’T EVERYONE?’ mate Alex Hales-who was with him during the late night Former England spinner Vic Marks says in The brawl outside a club in Bristol, southwest England, last Guardian there is no doubt Stokes “brought the game September but was not charged-will also face the into disrepute” on a “feral night out” which does nothing enquiry. However, former England captains Mike Atherton to promote the image of the game the ECB wants to dis- and Nasser Hussain whilst both abhorring his behaviour play to families. are at odds with each other as to whether he should be Marks draws comparison between Stokes and a punished further. “With a not-guilty verdict, the way for- superstar all-rounder of another era and one he played ward seems, to me, to be clear enough and should not with in the great Somerset side of the 1970’s and 80’s, Ian involve further punishment,” Atherton writes in The Botham. “The very best cricketers often ooze invincibility; Times. Atherton, who captained England in 54 of his 115 they are never out and never wrong,” wrote Marks. Test matches, conceded Stokes’s heavy drinking that “They feel invulnerable, capable of dominating any situa- night and what ensued afterwards “is not exactly accept- tion. “I have witnessed this at close quarters when playing able behaviour for an England player during international alongside Ian Botham.” Marks, who played six Tests and duty”. “There are clauses in an England cricketer’s con- 34 One Day Internationals for his country, says Stokes, tract-such as bringing the game into disrepute-that could though, suffers from being a star in a time when social yet result in punishment,” the 50-year-old commented. media can destroy you within seconds but compares the “Although Stokes was never formally suspended from the professionalism these days of sports stars management BRISTOL: File photo shows England cricketer Ben Stokes leaves Bristol Crown Court as the trial breaks for lunch, England team, his non-selection for the Ashes came about teams to those in Botham’s day. “In Botham’s era the in Bristol, south-west England on August 13, during his trial on charges of affray. — AFP clearly as a result of the events in Bristol. “He missed the backroom staff were not so sophisticated,” observed most high-profile series in which an England cricketer Marks. “He once had an agent, Tim Hudson, whose can play, essentially a six-month ban.” Hussain, capped response to an allegation about Ian smoking cannabis “Ponting had his moments of madness in bars as a young “He was not required to go to court but he acknowl- 96 times and captained England 45 times till stepping was famously, “Doesn’t everyone?” Australian cricketer and was dropped in 1999 after an edged a problem with alcohol and his off-field behaviour, down from the post in 2003, argued differently saying the Marks suggests Stokes take former Australian skipper incident in Sydney which left him unconscious in the early and with appropriate help he resolved it before going on images caught on CCTV cannot just be ignored and the Ricky Ponting as a role model in moving forward. hours of the morning,” writes Marks. to have the most brilliant of careers.” — AFP ship from the Kosmos investment group, founded by Haggerty however said Tuesday that while “change is Tennis world to Barcelona football star Gerard Pique and supported by difficult sometimes,” he had been encouraged by posi- Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani. tive feedback from delegates in Florida this week. The ITF maintains the new-look Davis Cup would “The mood is good. The reception has been very Curran follows late vote on Davis boost the profile of the tournament, which was first held positive,” he said. “We just want to do the right thing in 1900 when the United States defeated Britain at the for tennis...The new model allows the ITF to fulfil the father in signing for Cup shake-up Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts. mission in a much better way. Under the new proposed format, 18 teams would “Having more resources to put behind the develop- play in the Davis Cup finale, split into six groups of ment of tennis is the most important thing for an inter- Northamptonshire three teams. Six group winners and two runners-up national federation.” The overhaul has also won support LOS ANGELES: The most radical overhaul in the 118- would then advance to knockout rounds. from Serbian star Novak Djokovic. year history of the Davis Cup could be given the green Unlike current Davis Cup ties, which comprise four The 13-time Grand Slam winner believes a change in LONDON: Ben Curran is to play county cricket for light today as the tennis world gathers in Florida to singles and one doubles, ties would feature only two format is long overdue. “I think that format needs to be Northamptonshire, the club his late father Kevin vote on sweeping reforms which have divided the sport. singles and a doubles game. Federation chiefs say the changed. And I’m all in favour of that,” Djokovic said in gave eight years of his career to, as he signed a two- Around 120 delegates at the International Tennis revamped competition would effectively create a fifth Toronto last week. “You play one year, and then the year contract yesterday. Federation’s annual meeting in Orlando will decide Grand Slam event, increase prize money and allow the next year you don’t play. It’s just the scheduling of this The 22-year-old batsman — whose brothers Tom whether proposals by federation chief David Haggerty and Sam play for Surrey and have both been capped Davis Cup to attract top players by freeing up space on kind of format so far has been pretty bad.” by England — played for the first team in a T20 are to be given the go-ahead. Haggerty’s plan will see the calendar. The Davis Cup reforms require two-thirds majority match last week, but it has been his performances for the Davis Cup’s sprawling existing format, stretched Yet the changes have appalled some of the greatest support from ITF delegates in Orlando today. If suc- the second XI that have secured him the contract across the calendar year and played in all corners of the names ever to grace the competition. Past Australian cessful, the new format would be launched in which begins next season. globe, condensed into a season-ending 18-nation event Davis Cup captains and players including Rod Laver, November of 2019, with Europe guaranteed to host the “Ben has scored heavily in all formats for us in the played at a single, neutral venue. John Newcombe and Lleyton Hewitt were united in first two editions of the new-look event. 2’s as well as continuing to churn out runs for the Haggerty told AFP in a conference call on Tuesday condemning the proposed overhaul. One complication however could well be the intro- MCCYC’s (MCC Young Cricketers),” head coach that the overhaul would boost the ITF’s ability to duction of a revamped World Team Cup due to take David Ripley told the county side’s website. spread development funding across the globe, pumping ‘DEATH OF DAVIS CUP’ place in Australia in the first week of 2020. The tourna- “He deserves an opportunity and we look forward around $25 million back into the sport. Newcombe, a five-time champion as a player, ment, which has the backing of the ATP and Tennis to working with him over the next two seasons. “He “The ITF is the only organisation that puts money described the overhaul as “a recipe for the death of the Australia, will feature 24 teams and offer prize money has a lot of competitive spirit and I know he will into the development of the game,” Haggerty said. “And Davis Cup as we know it.” “The Davis Cup is 118 years and rankings points. make the most of his chance.” Curran’s father Kevin that’s what this project enables us to do. The money old and was the forerunner that made tennis into an ATP executive chairman Chris Kermode has was an all-rounder who played for Zimbabwe at the that we make will be put back to the nations for their international sport,” Newcombe said. acknowledged the problems of staging the new event 1983 and 1987 World Cups, as well as for 14 years in development programs and the future of tennis.” Hewitt disparaged the changes as little more than a just six weeks after the proposed Davis Cup, describing the county championship, firstly with Gloucestershire The reforms have the backing of a $3 billion partner- “money grab” which ignored the tournament’s history.
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