Man punched by Ben Stokes insists he was victim of `unlawful assault´
(World News UK)

One of the two men knocked unconscious by England cricketer Ben Stokes has said he should have been treated as an assault victim. Ryan Hale, 27, and his best friend Ryan Ali, 28, were both punched by the 27-year-old all-rounder during a late night incident near a nightclub in Bristol last September, hours after England had played cricket in the city. Meanwhile, England head coach Trevor Bayliss has called on Stokes, who is training with the Test squad ahead of the game with India on Saturday, to make a public apology over the incident. Mr Hale, a former soldier, sustained a 1.5-inch superficial laceration and bruising to his forehead - consistent with blunt force trauma - and was left with...