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LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been hailed a “real hero” for stepping in and safeguarding a happy integrate in a occurrence that threatens his place on a Ashes tour.
The 26-year-old will not transport to Australia with a rest of a England patrol when they fly out on Saturday as he waits to learn either he will face rapist charges over an occurrence outward a nightclub in Bristol in September.
However, Kai Barry and Billy O’Connell told The Sun on Saturday that Stokes had been their white horseman by stepping in to stop a organisation of revellers hurling homophobic abuse during them.
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Barry and O’Connell pronounced Stokes bought them drinks when they met him and associate England team-mate Alex Hales in a bar that evening.
“We were so beholden to Ben for stepping in to help. He was a genuine hero,” 20-year-old O’Connell told a newspaper.
“Kai feared he could be attacked. If Ben hadn’t intervened it could have been a lot worse for us.”
Barry combined things could have got nauseous if a England star hadn’t intervened.
“I’m not a warrior and we didn’t wish a fight,” pronounced Barry, 26. “We could’ve been in genuine trouble. Ben was a genuine gentleman.”
Barry pronounced they hadn’t realised a tumble out for Stokes until they perceived a revisit from a military officer this week.
O’Connell pronounced he hoped Stokes would get to play in Australia.
“Ben is a unequivocally good man and we wish he can still play for England in a Ashes,” pronounced O’Connell.
“It would be awful (if) his career was busted over this. He was only perplexing to assistance urge Kai.”
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