2 hours ago Former skipper Joe Root is lasting successful for Stokes this week, having accepted the occupation connected a "game-by-game" basis.
Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson breached the team's midnight curfew the nighttime aft triumph successful the archetypal Test and were contiguous erstwhile a subordinate of England's information unit was struck by a Saracens rugby player.
Key was archetypal to talk successful the aftermath.
Asked if Stokes would instrumentality arsenic a subordinate helium said, "I don't spot wherefore not" - but helium turned down repeated opportunities to backmost him arsenic a captain.
Speaking connected Monday, McCullum said helium was "worried" astir his captain, but again would not beryllium drawn connected whether helium would pb the squad again.
Two investigations, 1 by the ECB and different by the Cricket Regulator, stay ongoing.
"I find it a interest for English cricket - the Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum relationship, the Ben Stokes-Rob Key relationship," said Vaughan.
"On the backmost of what we saw successful the property conference, I would uncertainty whether those relationships tin beryllium moulded unneurotic again."
Stokes, McCullum and Key, who person held a adjacent narration since taking complaint of England's Test cricket successful 2022, were each kept successful their jobs contempt England's 4-1 Ashes decision this winter.
Stokes said reports of a rift betwixt helium and McCullum had been overstated successful Australia. On Monday, McCullum denied their narration was strained.
Other than a little Instagram station wishing his team-mates good successful the 2nd Test, Stokes has not spoken publically since the incident.
His region manager astatine Durham, Ryan Campbell, said helium was successful "good spirits" and the all-rounder could diagnostic for them connected Friday.
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