Robert Craddock
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And the same with that concern.
If they've got any standards at all, apparently McCullum and Rob Key, the director of English cricket, are furious because they weathered the whole thing about... And, Gerard, if you want the punchline, are you waiting for it?
If he gets suspended as captain, the new captain will be, wait for it, Harry Brooke, the guy who was involved with the bouncer in New Zealand.
So then Harry has to face the media and say, it's really important we stand for something and our standards are good and all that, after he was the man who started this mess.
So this is a day which could reshape the future of English cricket, the short term.
They've got an Ashes series in a year's time against Australia.
And they were looking okay for it, you know.
They won well against New Zealand.
But an incident like this can have a setback which can flow for years, Gerard.
Like, if Stokes gets sacked as captain, or if he stands down, he's already had mental health problems.
One thing I'll say, they noticed before the game that he was in a very unusual mood, Ben Stokes.
He was grumpy and short and almost just at odds with himself.
Then even after the game, he was a little bit stroppy.
And he said, the first thing I can't wait to do is have a beer with the boys.
Well, that's fair enough.
You've won a test.
But they had to respect that midnight curfew, Gerard, and they didn't.
Do you?
Well, Stokes has had a very complex relationship with alcohol.