While Bairstow has escaped any disciplinary proceedings it is understood Joe Root’s tourists have now been hit with a curfew. We’ve got to take steps to make sure that reality is what people perceive of the England cricket team, not something different. Bayliss bemoaned his players making “dumb” decisions and said the incident had given Australia “ammunition” to put pressure on them. Sure enough the England captain was quizzed about the leniency towards Bairstow in this instance. After the match the England players will see their families join the tour before the third Test in Perth that gets under way on 14 December.

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2017 18:00 UTC