# Should Stokes and Atkinson have been suspended?

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Podcast: [It’s Not Just Cricket](https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-not-just-cricket-6898930)
Published: 2026-06-22T16:18:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG3507575472.mp3
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## Resource

So Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson are back for the 3rd Test. But if they were cleared of any wrongdoing why did they have to miss the 2nd Test in the first place? Has Stokes been treated badly in all this when he should have been backed? Kohli and Rohit are in India's ODI squad to tour England but there's no room for Sooryavanshi...is this the right call? Should he not be rushed too quickly into the International set up to protect him? And the Women's T20 World Cup rolls on - the Aussies look back to their fearsome best but the smaller nations have pulled off some eye catching results - are the days of 2 or 3 teams dominating women's cricket over? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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