Ben Stokes to miss 2nd Test, Anderson injures himself, and more - Cricket News Today, August 6 2018

The world of cricket has been buzzing over the past 24 hours with a lot of incidents taking place.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes's trial has begun and he will be missing the 2nd Test against India, Bangladesh defeated West Indies in the three-match T20I series, and the latest T20I rankings were announced amongst much other news.

Let's take a look at the latest trending news today, August 6 2018.

#5 Ben Stokes goes on trial after street brawl

England cricket team all-rounder Ben Stokes' trial began today in relation to the incident which occurred outside a night-club in Bristol in September last year.

Stokes was charged with knocking two men unconscious at the bar after he was denied entry. There were reports against him for mocking a group of gay men as well.

The Prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis said Stokes "lost his control and started to attack with revenge, retaliation or punishment in mind."

The trial will last for 5 days which means that the enigmatic all-rounder will miss the 2nd Test between India and England to be held at Lords from August 9.

Trevor Bayliss, who is the coach of the England cricket team, opened up about Stokes' absence for the 2nd Test.

“I’ve got no concerns about it,” said Bayliss. “Ben has no concerns about it as well. Obviously it’s something we would have liked to have not been happening. That was the same in Australia. But the boys in Australia just got on with it. There was a bit of chat before the series started but once we got out there it was about playing as well as we possibly can with the guys we’ve got," said while speaking to The Independent.

“It will be interesting to see who can step up and take his place. Someone, or two or three guys, will have to step up and do the extra yards. That will be a telling factor for the next match.”

#4 Ashley Nurse docked demerit point for using foul language

West Indies spinner Ashley Nurse was docked a demerit point by the International Cricket Council for using foul language in the third T20I against Bangladesh.

Nurse was hit for a boundary in the final delivery of his over and was heard using foul language from the stump mic.

He was found guilty of breaching Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match".

#3 Bangladesh seal series against Windies

The Bangladesh cricket team defeated Windies 2-1 in the three-match T20I series which concluded at the Central Broward Stadium in Florida earlier today.

In a rail-curtailed encounter, Bangladesh put on 184 runs on the board, with Litton Das scoring 61 off just 32 deliveries.

In response, the Windies kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were not able to stay in the game. Despite Andre Russell's late blitz, the Windies were not able to reach near the target. In the end, they lost the match by the Duckworth-Lewis method.

#2 Latest T20I rankings announced

Following Bangladesh's series win against West Indies, a few of their players have risen up in the latest T20I rankings which were released by the ICC.

Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan, who were the biggest stars for The Tigers in the series, reached the 45th and 39th spot, after moving up by eight and six places respectively.

Mahmudullah, too, who played well lower down the order rose up by four places in the rankings.

Batting

1 Aaron Finch AUS 891

2 Fakhar Fakhar Zaman PAK 842

3 Lokesh Rahul IND 812

4 Colin Munro NZ 801

5 Babar Azam PAK 765

6 Glenn Maxwell AUS 761

7 Martin Guptill NZ 747

8 Alex Hales ENG 710

9 D'Arcy Short AUS 690

10 Rohit Sharma IND 678

Bowling

1 Rashid Khan AFG 813

2 Shadab Khan PAK 723

3 Ish Sodhi NZ 700

4 Yuzvendra Chahal IND 685

5 Mitchell Santner NZ 665

6 Andrew Tye AUS 658

7 Samuel Badree WI 655

8 Imran Tahir SA 650

9 Adil Rashid ENG 639

10 Mohammad Nabi AFG 638

#1 James Anderson injures himself while playing Golf

In a video posted by England pacer Stuart Broad on Twitter, James Anderson was seen injuring himself while playing golf.

In the video, Anderson was trying to get the ball out of the bunker. As soon as he hit the ball, the ball ricocheted off the nearby tree and hit him on the face.

It looked serious in the beginning, however, Broad's tweet meant that it wasn't as serious as it looked and he would be available for the 2nd Test against India.

A) @jimmy9 is perfectly fine.B) 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/oaf0Px3Wab

— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) August 5, 2018