No England men's squad announced on ecb.co.uk up to 1 November 2026 includes Ben Stokes; the latest, the white-ball squads for Australia, does not name him.
The market resolves on England men's squad announcements published on ecb.co.uk, which is the governing body's record of its own selections. It resolves YES if any such announcement dated on or before 23:59 GMT on 1 November 2026 includes Ben Stokes; NO otherwise. England name winter-tour squads inside this window. If that source has not published in time, BBC Sport and Sky Sports settle it.
Three of five England stars who said they were done came back. Each time, England asked them to. When no one asked, the player stayed away. We looked at England cricket's star players since 1977 who said they were finished with England, and found five clear cases. Ian Botham is left out, because his famous comebacks came after a ban and after an injury, and he never said he had retired.