Joe Root and Stuart Broad withdraw from Jos Buttler's England stag trip

By PA Sport

Image: Joe Root and Stuart Broad have withdrawn from Jos Buttler's stag party in Amsterdam this weekend

Jos Buttler's stag party in Amsterdam will be without Joe Root and Stuart Broad as the fallout from Ben Stokes' arrest continues.

Root and Broad have decided against joining this weekend's social trip before the one-day international wicketkeeper's wedding next month.

Buttler's stag is not the only event subject to last-minute changes, following Stokes' arrest in Bristol last Sunday.

Image: Ben Stokes has been suspended from future international fixtures until further notice by the England and Wales Cricket Board

Stokes and limited-overs opener Alex Hales have been suspended from future international fixtures until further notice by the England and Wales Cricket Board, while both their own and Avon & Somerset Police's investigations
continue.

As England finished their longest summer with a nine-wicket win over Windies at the Ageas Bowl to wrap up a 4-0 series win on Friday, indications were that next week's plans to announce both annual central contracts and the ODI squad to face Australia in the New Year are likely to be put back too.

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The ECB was aware of Buttler's trip and has not requested any individuals withdraw from it, although director of cricket Andrew Strauss has spoken to several players to remind them of their responsibilities.

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England maintained their excellence on the pitch against Windies in the fifth ODI on Friday, where Jonny Bairstow's unbeaten 141 helped Eoin Morgan's side reach their target of 289 with 12 overs to spare.

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"I think probably the most convincing thing about the last couple of days, and the distractions that have gone on, was the win at The Oval," Morgan said.

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"It was a chance to win the series. Everything that had happened was quite fresh, and everybody had known about it for the last couple of days.

"So to produce a performance like that in such a tight game obviously meant a huge amount to the side."

Meanwhile, Avon & Somerset Police have issued an appeal for information from "two specific witnesses" believed to have been present in the early hours of Monday morning before the trouble which broke out in the Clifton Triangle area of Bristol.

A police statement read: "We believe there are two specific witnesses, both men, with information about what happened in the moments prior to the disorder who are yet to come forward, and we'd appeal for them to do so as soon as possible."

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