Former rugby league player Ged Stokes has ‘serious illness’Stokes to miss
England training session before Boxing Day TestBen 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.