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Bostock’s words were echoed by comments from others around Durham.
Stokes has been “just like Stokesy” in recent days, a source told BBC Sport.
Durham was his county home throughout his career.
He regained fitness from an earlier injury by running around the athletics track behind the Finchel End and completing shuttle runs in the outfield.
In the first day’s warm-up match against Northamptonshire, he was bowling to former Durham captain Scott Borthwick, who was best man at Stokes’ wedding.
Media interest in Stokes was palpable. Various TV camera crews and photographers were pointing their lenses at the all-rounder before the game.
Everyone in the field looked familiar.
Stokes has bowled better than his figures – 0-53 in his first three spells – suggest.
He dropped a catch in his first over to Ben McKinney standing at leg slip and Stokes may have lost a spark as the nightclub incident didn’t prove here.
At the end of his sixth over, his back almost touched the pitch as he sat down to plead for lbw.
Former umpire James Treadwell – a former off-spinner who played 20 times with Stokes for England – slapped the pitch in frustration when the decision was rejected.
On the field, Stokes often stood with his arms folded under his blue cap – as he often did for England. He was also on hand to offer occasional tactical advice to Durham teammates – particularly spinner Callum Parkinson.
In Cardiff, meanwhile, Atkinson’s figures were 2-33 when poor light stopped play in the evening session.
If Stokes and Atkinson are selected to play in Nottingham, they may have to withdraw from the latter part of the county match, as the Test starts on Thursday.
