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TIMELINE OF A NIGHTMARE TOUR

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SEP 25: Ben Stokes is arrested on suspicion of causing ABH after a brawl in Bristol. SEP 27: The Sun publish footage of the alleged fight. The ECB suspend Stokes and Alex Hales, who was out with him. OCT 6: Steven Finn replaces Stokes in the Ashes squad. Jake Ball, Jonny Bairstow and Liam Plunkett are fined for being out with Stokes and Hales. OCT 29: England players are out drinking in Perth within hours of arriving in Australia. Bairstow (right) greets Cameron Bancroft with a headbutt. NOV 26: David Warner is heard sledging Bairstow on the stump mics. NOV 27: England lose the first Test by 10 wickets. Bancroft calls headbutt ‘weird’, Trevor Bayliss calls his players ‘dumb’. A midnight curfew is imposed. NOV 29: Stokes arrives in New Zealand, sparking talk he will join the squad. DEC 6: England go 2-0 down in Adelaide. DEC 7: Curfew lifted for one night in Perth. SATURDAY: Ben Duckett is dropped for pouring a drink over James Anderson. YESTERDAY: Duckett fined £1,500 by ECB.

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