The Culture of Excess: Cricket's Enduring Relationship with Booze Ben Stokes' candid comments on the drinking culture in cricket have sparked a necessary conversation about the sport's enduring relationship with booze.
As he spoke to the For the Love of Cricket podcast, it became clear that despite efforts to curb excess, the game remains stubbornly tied to its boozy past.
Stokes' assertion that "cricket has a drinking culture and that hasn't changed" is a stark admission from one of the sport's most high profile figures.