FIVE DAYS THAT ROCKED ENGLISH CRICKET...

SUNDAY 6PM

Ben Stokes finishes wicketless but scored a crucial 63-ball 73 to help England hammer the West Indies by 124 runs in Bristol.

MONDAY 2.35AM

Stokes is arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after a brawl outside a Bristol nightclub which left a man hospitalised with facial injuries. He spends the night in police cells.

TUESDAY 1PM

Sportsmail reports that Stokes has injured his hand and could be stripped of the England vice-captaincy as police continue their investigation.

WEDNESDAY 10.30AM

ECB director of cricket Andrew Strauss says Stokes will be fit for the Ashes, but admits he has ‘no idea of how things are going to develop’.

WEDNESDAY 10PM

The Sun publishes a video that appears to show Stokes throw 15 punches in a minute and knock a man to the floor. Team-mate Alex Hales is heard shouting at his team-mate to ‘calm down’ as another man screams, ‘That’s enough, Stokesy’.

THURSDAY 11AM

An ECB statement says Stokes has apologised for his conduct.

THURSDAY 4PM

The ECB announce Stokes and Hales will not be considered for England matches until further notice.