Bethell has not batted above No 4 in his previous 21 ODIs, but Daily Mail Sport understands he is to become Ben Duckett's fourth partner in the space of three series.

The former Big Bash League star has pleaded guilty to two counts of penetrative sexual abuse of a child and grooming with the intent of exposing a child to indecent material.

THERE aren't many Irishmen who would have Happy Birthday sung to them on TV by a nation's leading pop star.

The brave star made it back onto the pitch despite leaving the ground's medical room in a wheelchair.

As the great and the good lined up to high-five Ben Stokes at the end of the third Test in Nottingham, it felt almost rude to point out that England had suffered one of the worst defeats in their history.

After a first home defeat in a series of more than two Tests for 14 years, there are a whole host of questions for England to answer. Here, LAWRENCE BOOTH answers the key ones.

Revealing that doubts about his future first surfaced on the eve of the series against New Zealand, Stokes said: 'It's the best thing that I've been asked to do, captain this team, this country.'

RICHARD GIBSON AT TRENT BRIDGE: Ben Stokes' final match as England captain ended in a 160-run defeat as New Zealand came from behind to win a series dominated by off-field drama 2-1.

England collapsed to a 160-run defeat at Trent Bridge to hand New Zealand a 2-1 victory. Daily Mail Sport runs the rule over the players to determine who soared and who sunk.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Stokes's disconnect with international cricket had been like Ernest Hemingway's description of going bankrupt: gradual, then sudden.

It was what Ben Stokes stood for, in tandem with the Boy's Own adventures he conjured with bat and ball, that made him one of the greats of England cricket.