Nottingham, June 24 -- England Test skipper Ben Stokes said that he has apologised to his English teammates for missing the second Test against New Zealand due to breaching team protocols, while also expressing that he is "desperate for a result" during the series decider starting from Thursday.

After missing The Oval Test along with pacer Gus Atkinson due to an alleged breach of team curfew and an incident in a Chelsea nightclub after securing a win in the first Lord's Test, skipper Stokes is back in the playing XI as a captain. The investigations from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Cricket Regulator did not produce anything other than a formal written warning from ECB.

England lost the second Test by 253 runs, with ...