Who is Ben Stokes, what has the England cricketer been charged for and who is his wife?
CRICKET ace Ben Stokes was cleared and found not guilty following an incident in September 2017 outside a Bristol nightclub.
While he has done nothing wrong in the eyes of law, the England star is in trouble within the sport.
Who is Ben Stokes?
Ben Stokes, 27, is a professional cricketer who was born in New Zealand.
He is the son of rugby league star Gerard Stokes.
The family moved to England when Ben was young and settled in Cumbria, where Ben played cricket for local side Cockermouth.
He has played county cricket for Durham since 2009 and made his England Test debut during the 2013 Ashes series.
Since then he has proved a match winner and the team's most valuable all-round player thanks to his bowling, batting and athletic fielding.
Ben Stokes has two children with wife Clare Ratcliffe
What has Ben Stokes been charged for?
The England and Durham all-rounder has been charged by the ECB for bringing the game into disrepute, as confirmed by the independent Cricket Discipline Comminssion (CDC).
Stokes, along with Alex Hales, have been charged by the governing body on two counts of breaching ECB Directive 3.3.
This states that "no participant may conduct themself in a manner or do any act or omission at any time which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the ECB, the game of cricket or any cricketer or group of cricketers into disrepute."
Stokes was on trial for affray after he was involved in a brawl outside a Bristol nightclub.
The trial heard that Stokes mocked two gay men and flicked a cigarette butt at one of them before brawling with two other men.
It came hours after England's win against the West Indies in a one-day international in Bristol - and Stokes was eventually found not guilty.
However, the attention the Durham star has received surrounding the incident could put him in trouble with the sport.
His Disciplinary Panel hearing will be held on Wednesday, December 5 and Friday, December 7.
Who is Ben Stokes' wife?
Ben Stokes married Clare Ratcliffe at a ceremony in Somerset on October 14, 2017, less than a month after his arrest.
The couple wed at the church of St Mary the Virgin in East Brent, near Weston-super-Mare.
Ben and Clare, who were engaged for four years, have two children together.
She describes herself as a “cricket widow” and a “parent to two monsters”.