Stokes' timeline of trouble

Stokes made his England debut against India in 2011 and just a few months later found himself in trouble for obstructing the police during a night out in Newcastle. He was given an official caution and the matter was dealt with by his county, Durham. Stokes did not feature for England throughout the 2012 season, battling injury problems in the process, and by the time he returned to the international scene late in 2013 he had already had another run-in with authority.

A moment he recalled with "shame" later in his career, Stokes was sent home from the England Lions tour of Australia - along with Kent bowler Matt Coles - for repeated late-night drinking despite warnings from the management. "I would like to apologise for the way in which I acted," Stokes said. "I am determined to bounce back and I regret my actions off the field." The following winter Stokes returned to Australia with the full Ashes squad, made his Test debut in Adelaide, scored a maiden century in Perth and claimed a six-wicket haul in Sydney during England's 5-0 whitewash.

After being a rare shining light on the Ashes tour, Stokes' form waned during the limited-overs series in West Indies which preceded the World T20. After bagging a duck in the final T20 in Barbados - to follow scores of 5, 4, 0 and 4 on the tour - he took his frustrations out on a dressing room locker, the result being a broken hand which ruled him out of the World T20. England were batting first in the match and Stokes tried to brush off the blow by coming out to field, but soon had to admit the damage. "It was a huge error in judgment following a frustrating tour for me and I deeply regret my behaviour," Stokes said.

Tempers frayed more than once during the Bangladesh tour last winter - Stokes had a pointed argument with Tamim Iqbal after the second ODI - and it was after England's defeat in the second Test that Stokes was officially pulled up after an ongoing battle with Sabbir Rahman. He was handed one demerit point for his troubles, and that tally was doubled after a run-in with Virat Kohli in Mohali. A few weeks ago he then moved to the brink of a ban after picking up a third demerit point after swearing while bowling against West Indies at Headingley.

This is definitely a two-way thing. There is no love lost between Stokes and Samuels. In his autobiography, Stokes said that it began during an A-team tour but it started to bubble up during the aforementioned 2014 tour and then further came to head in 2015 when Samuels saluted Stokes off the pitch in Grenada. The pair clashed again at the World T20 final in India last year, when Stokes couldn't resist a sledge at Samuels when West Indies were in trouble before Samuels had the final word by helping win the trophy. After the match, Samuels called him a "nervous laddie", before Stokes hit back in his book saying Samuels "lacks respect". Prior to this current one-day series, Samuels suggested Stokes should field on the boundary when he is batting.