durham all-rounder stokes changed into dropped for wednesday's fourth one-day global against west indies on the oval ─ the venue for the ashes squad statement ─ after being arrested early on monday in bristol. that followed england's win inside the 0.33 odi within the southwest city on sunday.
stokes, 26, remains below research after being released without fee.
in the interim, he has retained his function of vice-captain to check skipper joe root, england and wales cricket board (ecb) cricket director andrew strauss instructed an oval news convention.
'Minor fracture'
"Ben did have an x-ray yesterday (tuesday),” said strauss. “early outcomes are that he has were given a minor fracture on his right hand,” the former england captain delivered.
“there are glaringly more tests that need to be finished, however the early warning signs are that he ought to be healthy to play a complete part in all of the ashes test fits.”
the harm to stokes' right hand is assumed to had been sustained for the duration of a war of words that positioned a person in sanatorium.
a police investigation is not going to be concluded before england leave for australia on october 28, meaning the incident ought to grasp over stokes for the whole tour.
moreover, stokes is simply one on-discipline offence away from incurring a potential two-take a look at ban beneath the international cricket council's code of conduct.
england odi ordinary alex hales ─ an ashes long-shot who did no longer make the test squad ─ become also left out of wednesday's fit after being with stokes on sunday night.
the pair may be amongst numerous england players who face ecb movement, with strauss saying: “what i'm doing is talking to the players in my view to get their accounts of what went on."
“they'll be subject to disciplinary proceedings which include ben,” defined strauss, the ultimate england captain to win the ashes in australia in 2010-11.
england's squad contained three uncapped gamers in 23-yr-vintage somerset rapid bowler craig overton, 20-12 months-antique hampshire leg-spinner mason crane, who will offer help to moeen ali, and surrey wicket-keeper ben foakes, 24, protected as cover for jonny bairstow.
meanwhile, there had been remembers for middle-order batsmen james vince and gary ballance no matter the pair's struggles at some point of their preceding take a look at stints.
vince was delivered to the give up of the 2016 english season northern summer following a terrible run of seven assessments that noticed him post a pinnacle score of 42 in 11 innings in opposition to sri lanka and pakistan.
This season vince is averaging a modest 34.eighty two in quality cricket for hampshire but england believes his recreation will be appropriate to australian pitches.
ballance most effective managed eighty five runs in two checks towards south africa at a median of 21.25 earlier than he suffered a fractured finger.
overton were given his threat ahead of the likes of mark timber and steven finn after taking forty three championship wickets this season.
Essex batsman tom westley, who did not convince at range 3 this season, turned into dropped.
This has been root's first season as check captain, with the yorkshire batsman overseeing home series wins towards south africa (3-1) and west indies (2-1).
'Ultimate test'
But England national selector James Whitaker said: “A tour of Australia is the ultimate test for our squad.”
In addition to England coach Trevor Bayliss's regular staff, there will be some new faces in the Australian's backroom set-up, with former New Zealand paceman Shane Bond appointed as a fast-bowling consultant.
Bond will fill the gap left by former bowling chief Ottis Gibson's departure to become the new head coach of South Africa up until the end of the second Test.
Former England one-day captain Paul Collingwood, Stokes's captain at Durham, will also take a coaching role during the Test series.
England hold the Ashes after a 3-2 win on home soil in 2015.
But their last tour of Australia saw them suffer a 5-0 Ashes defeat in 2013-14.
The first match in the upcoming five-Test Ashes series is set to start in Brisbane on November 23.
Stokes included in England's Ashes squad despite broken hand
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