Mike Brearley urges cricket authorities to be lenient on Ben Stokes

• Former England captain ‘saddened by eruption … but he’s a human being’
• Brearley says England’s Ashes hopes hinge on Stokes playing – ‘I think he’s key’Mike Brearley, the respected former England captain, has called for a degree of clemency when the cricketing punishment is handed down to Ben Stokes.Nearly six weeks have passed since Stokes was arrested and then released under investigation for his part in a late night incident