India, June 16 -- England head coach Brendon McCullum spoke to the press for the first time after the incident involving Test captain Ben Stokes and pacer Gus Atkinson. The two players broke the team curfew last week and were involved in a nightclub brawl with an academy rugby player. It has now already come to light that the two cricketers weren't the aggressors, and it was the rugby player who tried to land a punch on Atkinson. However, both Stokes and Atkinson have been left out of the England squad for the second Test against New Zealand, which begins on Wednesday, June 17, at the Oval.

England will be led by Joe Root in the second Test of the three-match series, and serious concerns remain over Stokes' future. Last week, the British...