Saracens player avoids punishment for England cricket nightclub incident

A Saracens academy player has avoided formal punishment over an incident at a London nightclub that rocked English cricket and led to captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson being stood down from the second Test against New Zealand.

In the early hours of June 8 - the morning after England had beaten New Zealand in the first Test at Lord's - Totoa Auvaa, a 21-year-old back-row, aimed a punch at Atkinson that missed and struck a member of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) security staff.