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Ben Stokes marries long-term partner Clare Ratcliffe at a ceremony attended by England team mates Joe Root, Alistair Cook, Stuart Broad and Durham colleague Paul Collingwood

Some of the biggest names in cricket were in attendance on Saturday as England all-rounder Ben Stokes got married.

Numerous members of the England squad were at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in East Brent, near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, to watch Stokes marry Clare Ratcliffe.

Among the guests at the church were current England Test captain Joe Root, former captain and record-runscorer Alastair Cook, fast bowler Stuart Broad and Durham's Paul Collingwood, a former England all-rounder.

Alastair Cook (front left) with his wife Alice, and Paul Collingwood (rear, left) and Stuart Broad (rear, right) attend Ben Stokes' wedding
Image: Alastair Cook (front left) with his wife Alice, and Paul Collingwood (rear, left) and Stuart Broad (rear, right) attend Stokes' wedding

Guests sang hymns, including Jerusalem, during the 40-minute service and there were loud cheers at the end of the ceremony, before the newly-married couple posed for pictures outside the church.

The England squad are set to fly to Australia later this month for the Ashes series, but Stokes will not be joining them at that stage.

Jos Buttler (left), Sam Billings and (centre) and Eoin Morgan (right) were other England players in attendance
Image: Jos Buttler (left), Sam Billings (centre) and Eoin Morgan (right) were other England players in attendance

The Durham man was named in the squad and may join the party at some point, but is currently suspended pending a police investigation, after he was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm last month.

Stokes was arrested after an incident outside a nightclub in Bristol on September 25.

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Earlier this week, representatives of the all-rounder said he will offer a full explanation of the incident "when the time is right".

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