Stokes needs anger management counselling. Like Flintoff and so many Britons he seems to have an alcohol addiction problem.
Ben Stokes' misdemeanours
Dec 2011
Stokes, aged 20, is arrested and cautioned for “obstructing a policeman” in a drink-related incident.
Feb 2013
Stokes and team-mate Matt Coles are sent home from an England Lions tour to Australia for late night drinking, ignoring a written warning they received earlier in the tour.
March 2014
Stokes fractures his right hand after punching a locker in frustration during an England tour of the West Indies. He misses the World Twenty20.
April 2015
Stokes’s verbal spat with West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels results in Samuels giving an ironic salute to Stokes during a Test match in St George’s.
Oct 2016
Stokes is fined and receives a demerit point on his disciplinary record after an exchange with Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman.
Nov 2016
Stokes receives an official reprimand from the ICC after an exchange with India captain Virat Kohli during a Test match in Mohali.
Aug 2017
Stokes is reprimanded for using “obscene, offensive or insulting” language towards a referee during England’s Test match against the West Indies.
Sep 2017
Arrested by police on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after an incident in Bristol which left a man with facial injuries.
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