England have drawn a line under the team’s infamous trip to Noosa between the second and third Ashes Tests after an internal investigation found the players had no case to answer. Reports emerged after England went 3–0 down in Adelaide that the four-day break had resembled a stag-do, with some players doing little more than propping up the bar. And the ECB went into damage-limitation mode after a video emerged of opening batsman Ben Duckett slurring his words in a late-night interaction with a fan. One senior security official said reports of a stag-do vibe had been wide of the mark. But the feeling is that, if such a video did exist, it would probably have been released by now.

Source: Daily Mail December 30, 2025 14:43 UTC