{"id":606305,"date":"2025-12-02T00:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/606305\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:33:12","slug":"stokes-among-england-trio-at-risk-of-police-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/606305\/","title":{"rendered":"Stokes among England trio at risk of police action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BRISBANE: England captain Ben Stokes was among three cricketers who could face police action after riding e-scooters without helmets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/cricket\/2025\/12\/01\/ben-stokes-england-team-mates-police-scooters-no-helmet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph reported on Monday.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>England arrived in Brisbane ahead of the pink-ball Ashes Test on Wednesday after losing the opening match of the series inside two days.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, England\u2019s fast bowler Mark Wood, wicket-keeper Jamie Smith, and Stokes rode through the streets of Brisbane and were pictured riding the bike without helmets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome players, such as captain Ben Stokes, have been getting out and about in Brisbane and using Lime e-scooters to see the city,\u201d the report wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, it is a legal requirement in Queensland that all riders of e-scooters must wear a helmet, and Stokes, Mark Wood, and Jamie Smith were pictured appearing to flout that law. Smith\u2019s scooter even had a helmet attached to it,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on our Official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va9kjxo6mYPLvlX1UJ43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp channel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pacer Wood, who is already ruled out of the second Test due to an injury, was seen with heavy protective strapping on his knee.<\/p>\n<p>As per Queenlands\u2019s road rule, riders without a helmet could face a fine of up to 166 Australian dollars (\u00a382).<\/p>\n<p>For the unversed, this isn\u2019t the first time English cricketers have risked drawing the ire of Australian authorities. During the 2010-11 tour\u2014 Kevin Pietersen was fined A$239 for speeding in a Lamborghini on the outskirts of Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, England are 1-0 down after losing the Ashes opener by eight wickets at Perth, courtesy of Travis Head\u2019s blistering century.<\/p>\n<p>Head hit a whirlwind 69-ball century and went on to make 123 off just 83 balls, which made a mockery of England\u2019s 205-run target.<\/p>\n<p>The second day-night Ashes Test will commence on Thursday, with three lions eyeing their first victory against Australia down under since 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/a-sports.tv\/geoffrey-boycott-warns-england-ahead-of-second-ashes-test\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">England urged to \u2018use their brains\u2019 ahead of second Ashes Test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRISBANE: England captain Ben Stokes was among three cricketers who could face police action after riding e-scooters without&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[23382,43331,1406,189886,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-606305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-ashes","9":"tag-ben-stokes","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-england-australia","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115647165477170059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}