England captain Ben Stokes says masked burglars raided his house while wife and children were home

England Test captain Ben Stokes has said masked burglars raided his home while he was competing in Pakistan earlier this month.

Stokes said in a post online that jewellery, valuables and a “good deal of personal items” were taken on 17 October when his wife and two young children were at home.

Alongside his post, he included pictures of some of his possessions.

“Although we have lost cherished possessions, to be clear, my sole motivation in sharing these photographs is not the recovery of material items. It is to catch the people who did this,” the England cricket star said.

He added: “By far the worst thing about this crime is that it was carried out whilst my wife and two young children were in the house.

“Thankfully, none of my family came to any physical harm. Understandably, however, the experience has had an impact on their emotional and mental state.

“All we can think about is how much worse this situation could have been.”

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