{"id":183818,"date":"2026-06-21T21:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183818"},"modified":"2026-06-21T21:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:45:51","slug":"ben-stokes-gus-atkinson-withdrawn-from-county-games-ahead-of-england-vs-new-zealand-third-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183818","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stokes, Gus Atkinson withdrawn from county games ahead of England vs New Zealand third Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71128961\">English Test captain Ben Stokes and pacer Gus Atkinson are set to miss out on the next set of fixtures in the Country Championships after they were withdrawn from their respective squads on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, made following a request from ECB, indicates that Stoke and Atkinson could return in action for England in the third Test against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The duo had missed out on the second Test after being placed under an \u200cECB \u2060investigation into an \u2060incident in a London nightclub after the first-Test victory at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Both players shone for their County sides, with Stokes scoring a 95 for Durham and Atkinson claiming four wickets for Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>In their absence, England has struggled against the Kiwis in the second Test, with the side chasing a mammoth 463-run  target in the final innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 21, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ben-stokes-gus-atkinson-withdrawn-county-championship-england-new-zealand-test\/article71128961.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Test captain Ben Stokes and pacer Gus Atkinson are set to miss out on the next set of fixtures in the Country Championships after they were withdrawn from their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183819,"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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/APTOPIX_Britain_England_New_Zealand_Cricket_678_4.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178281,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178281","url_meta":{"origin":183818,"position":0},"title":"ECB to investigate Stokes, Atkinson over nightclub incident","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England Test captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson are under investigation by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over an \u201cundisclosed\u201d incident at a night club in the early hours after its first Test win over New Zealand. \u201cThe ECB is currently investigating a breach of team protocols following\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sports","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2226310078.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2226310078.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2226310078.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2226310078.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2226310078.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":179076,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179076","url_meta":{"origin":183818,"position":1},"title":"Stokes, Atkinson left out for second New Zealand Test; Root named interim captain","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England Test captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been left out of England\u2019s squad for the second Test of its series against New Zealand. 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