England cricketer Ben Stokes agreed he had a "significant memory blackout" over a street brawl but told a court yesterday he was "absolutely not" an angry man who had lost all control.

Stokes and Ryan Ali, both 27, are being tried for affray over a brawl that erupted in Bristol, southwest England, in the early hours of September 25 last year. The cricketer faced cross-examination from prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis on the fifth day of the trial at Bristol Crown Court.