England captain Ben Stokes to miss second New Zealand Test after nightclub incident

[p]The pair are currently facing an ECB probe for breaking a team curfew following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a]'s win in the first Test at Lord's.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/root-joe/EkKzSCk2/"]Joe Root[/a] will step in as interim captain in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stokes-ben/bqDhqGMG/"]Stokes[/a]'s absence.[/p][p][b]"The England & Wales Cricket Board can confirm that, given the ongoing investigation, Ben Stokes and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/atkinson-gus/Aodjczhc/"]Gus Atkinson[/a] have not been made available for selection for the Rothesay second Test against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-zealand/G6PWlrQB/"]New Zealand[/a], which starts at the Kia Oval on Wednesday 17 June," [/b]said an ECB statement.[/p][p][b]"Yorkshire batter Joe Root will lead the team as interim captain.[/b][/p][p]"Sussex fast bowler Jofra Archer and Essex batter Jordan Cox have been added to the squad."[/p][embed guid="aeaba10c-a8e6-46b1-8b1d-9f254d8aa9ad" url="https://x.com/englandcricket/status/2064711178992193872" social-type="twitter" /][p]The ECB announced Monday they were looking into Stokes's involvement in a nightclub incident also involving Saracens rugby player Totoa Auvaa on Monday morning following England's 115-run win in the first Test at Lord's.[/p][p]It is the latest controversy concerning the England team after the tour of Australia where the side faced allegations of a drinking culture during a 4-1 Ashes series loss.[/p][p][b]A physical confrontation with Auvaa is understood to have led to a member of ECB security staff being struck.[/b][/p][p]Team management decided against promoting vice-captain Harry Brook, instead opting for former skipper Root to lead the side at the Oval.[/p][p]Brook, already the captain of England's white-ball teams, was fined and censured for late-night drinking and clashing with a nightclub bouncer before captaining England in a one-day international in Wellington in October - an incident that led to the midnight curfew.[/p]