- Former rugby league player Ged Stokes has ‘serious illness’
- Stokes to miss England training session before Boxing Day Test
Ben Stokes’ father Ged is in “a critical condition” in a Johannesburg hospital, with the England all-rounder at his bedside. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced that the former rugby league player was taken in with a “serious illness” on Monday.
Stokes was due to join his teammates in a Christmas Eve training session in Centurion, 45 minutes north of Johannesburg, but will instead be with his family. It is not yet known whether the newly-crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year, who lit up 2019 with unforgettable performances in the World Cup and the Ashes, will be in a position to take the field at SuperSport Park on Boxing Day.
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