DANGER SIGNS

DECEMBER 2011

Arrested and cautioned for obstructing police in a drink-related incident.

FEBRUARY 2013

Along with team-mate Matt Coles, Stokes is sent home from the England Lions tour of Australia for persistent late-night drinking. The pair had already been given a written warning for breaking a curfew on the tour.

MARCH 2014

Ruled out of the World T20 in Bangladesh after breaking a hand punching a locker following dismissal for a duck in an ODI in Barbados.

APRIL 2015

Long-running feud with Marlon Samuels comes to a head when the West Indies player greets Stokes’ dismissal during the second Test in Grenada with a salute.

JUNE 2016

Receives six-month driving ban and fined £830 after being caught speeding for a fourth time.

NOVEMBER 2016

Receives two demerit points from the International Cricket Council in the space of four Tests after on-field verbal exchanges with Bangladesh’s Sabbir Rahman and India captain Virat Kohli. On both occasions Stokes is accused of using “language or gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting”.

AUGUST 2017

Stokes receives his third demerit point after stump mics pick him up swearing after West Indies Shai Hope edges him through the slips during England’s Test defeat at Headingley. It leaves him one more point away from getting a one-Test suspension.