{"id":179111,"date":"2026-06-10T17:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179111"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:51:09","slug":"stokes-atkinson-left-out-of-oval-test-joe-root-handed-captaincy-cricbuzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179111","title":{"rendered":"Stokes, Atkinson left out of Oval Test; Joe Root handed captaincy – Cricbuzz"},"content":{"rendered":"


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  1. Stokes, Atkinson left out of Oval Test; Joe Root handed captaincy<\/a>  Cricbuzz<\/font><\/li>\n
  2. Stokes dropped by England after nightclub incident<\/a>  cricket.com.au<\/font><\/li>\n
  3. Interim skipper leads England for second New Zealand Test<\/a>  icc-cricket.com<\/font><\/li>\n
  4. Uncertain future haunts Ben Stokes after England curfew breach and ECB probe<\/a>  Telegraph India<\/font><\/li>\n
  5. Developing story – Stokes captaincy on the line after nightclub incident<\/a>  ESPNcricinfo<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


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    Stokes, Atkinson left out of Oval Test; Joe Root handed captaincy  Cricbuzz Stokes dropped by England after nightclub incident  cricket.com.au Interim skipper leads England for second New Zealand Test  icc-cricket.com Uncertain future haunts Ben Stokes after England curfew breach and ECB probe  Telegraph India Developing story – Stokes captaincy on the line after nightclub incident  ESPNcricinfo Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/J6_coFbogxhRI9iM864NL_liGXvsQp2AupsKei7z0cNNfDvGUmWUy20nuUhkREQyrpY4bEeIBucs0-w300-rw.webp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":181368,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181368","url_meta":{"origin":179111,"position":0},"title":"ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test: Joe Root says captaincy is on a \u2018game-by-game basis\u2019","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Root says he is taking the England captaincy on a \u201cgame-by-game basis\u201d after replacing the exiled Ben Stokes for this week\u2019s second Test against New Zealand. 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