Ben Stokes charged with affray over incident outside Bristol nightclub

• ‘I am keen to have an opportunity to clear my name,’ says player
• Stokes missed Ashes but is provisionally named in Twenty20 squad

The England cricketer Ben Stokes has vowed to clear his name after he was charged with affray following an incident outside a nightclub in September.

The 26-year-old all-rounder, who was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm following the disturbance in the Clifton area of Bristol, missed the recent Ashes series in Australia after the England and Wales Cricket Board opted to suspend him pending any legal developments in relation to the incident. However, he was named provisionally in the squad for the Twenty20 tri-series against Australia and New Zealand, which starts in February after the conclusion of the current one-day international series against Australia.

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