‘They’re not party animals’: Stuart Broad rubbishes claims about England’s ‘drinking culture’ after 1-4 Ashes drubbing | Cricket News
As scrutiny grows on the England team’s behaviour during the recent Ashes series Down Under where Ben Stokes’ men were thumped 1-4 by Australia, former England cricketer Stuart Broad has come to the defence of the side claiming they “do not have a drinking problem.” The four defeats in five Tests at the hands of Australia were punctuated by incidents of players being seen drinking. Multiple England team members were spotted drinking on multiple days in Noosa during a break that the team took in the middle of the Ashes tour. After England’s defeat in the series was completed, media reports revealed that England’s limited-overs captain Harry Brook had been slapped with a fine of 30,000 pounds ($40,300) for getting into a fight with a bar bouncer during England’s tour of New Zealand right before the Ashes. While Brook was given a ‘final warning’ for his future conduct, he was not stripped of the white-ball captaincy and also continued to be the vice captain of the England team in the recently-concluded Ashes tour. Despite those …
