“Bad boy flies in,” was the headline on the front of the broadsheet Australian, echoed in the Herald Sun and other News Corp stablemates. Strauss fronted the media in Brisbane on Monday and asked for an update on Stokes, said there was nothing on offer. In it, Cronin argued that Stokes should not be granted a visa for entry into Australia. Under Australian law, visas can be refused or cancelled if a person does not pass the character test set by the Immigration minister. Much of the commentary on Stokes and Bairstow in the Australian papers is gleefully syndicated from British sports pages.

Source: The Guardian November 29, 2017 03:33 UTC