Stokes wants to put court case behind him as he eyes Ashes and World Cup

Ben Stokes hopes his on-field performances as an England all-rounder are what he will be remembered for by the cricket public rather than a late-night street brawl last year.

Stokes was acquitted of a criminal charge of affray at a trial in August following the incident outside a nightclub in Bristol, southwest England, in September 2017.

But Stokes has still been charged with bringing the game into disrepute by the England and Wales Cricket Board Both Stokes and England team-mate Alex Hales, who was with him during the altercation but did not face a criminal charge, are now due to appear before a cricket discipline commission (CDC) in December.

Stokes, however, wants to focus on the future ahead of a packed 2019 where England will both stage the World Cup and face arch-rivals Australia in a home Ashes series.

"Look, it's all about looking forward now," Stokes told the BBC in Colombo ahead of a one-off Twenty20 in Sri Lanka Saturday.

"We've got a huge summer coming up with the Ashes and the World Cup so I'm fully focused on that. Looking at things that went on (in the past) is not the way I like to think about things. It's all about looking to the future."