A man has been arrested following a burglary at England cricket captain Ben Stokes’ home in County Durham, police said.

Stokes said his wife and two children were at their house in Castle Eden during the break-in on October 17 when his OBE and other valuables were taken.

Durham Constabulary said a 32-year-old man from North Yorkshire was arrested on suspicion of burglary overnight. He has since been bailed while inquiries continue.

Stokes’s wife Clare and children Layton and Libby were in the house when the robbery took place, with the cricketer away in Pakistan on England’s recent tour. Stokes said the incident had an impact on his young family’s “emotional and mental state”.

The attack took place on October 17, the third day of the second Test against Pakistan, Stokes’s first match back after two months out with a hamstring injury.

Stokes released photos of some of the stolen items, which include his OBE medal, an England cricket ring, and a necklace with a lion including the words “some may be better but none will be braver” (a line Jack Leach said to Stokes’s England in 2022 that has become something of a team mantra).

Stokes wrote on social media: “On the evening of Thursday 17th October a number of masked people burgled my home in the Castle Eden area in the North East.

“They escaped with jewellery, other valuables and a good deal of personal items. Many of those items have real sentimental value for me and my family. They are irreplaceable.

“This is an appeal for any help in finding these people who carried out this act.

“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.

“I am releasing photographs of some of the stolen items – which I hope may be easily identified – in the hope that we can find the people who are responsible for this.

“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.”