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Inside Ben Stokes' bombshell retirement: The dressing-room confidants he told first, why Brendon McCullum was not surprised... and how the battle with England chiefs unfolded behind the scenes

Daily Mail 1 min read 6 hours ago

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Stokes's disconnect with international cricket had been like Ernest Hemingway's description of going bankrupt: gradual, then sudden.
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