BRISBANE (Reuters) - England did their best to shrug off the omission of Ben Stokes from the Ashes tour squad but the world class all-rounder's absence was felt keenly by the tourists in their crushing 10-wicket defeat by Australia at the Gabba.
Stokes has been suspended since he was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm outside a Bristol nightclub in September and police continue to investigate the incident.
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