England's boozy cricketers are slapped with a CURFEW for Sri Lanka tour and T20 World Cup after Harry Brook's clash with a nightclub bouncer and controversial Noosa trip
Multiple drinking incidents blighted the 3-0 one-day whitewashing by New Zealand and 4-1 capitulation in five Test matches across seven weeks in Australia. There were also reports of high alcohol consumption by England players during their time in Perth, where they stayed in a casino complex hotel. But Stokes and McCullum scrapped it, believing players should be free to make their own life choices. One change from the tour of Australia is the inclusion of Carl Hopkinson as fielding coach for the T20 section of the Sri Lanka trip and World Cup. David Saker extends his bowling consultancy into the 50-over series before handing over to Tim Southee midway through the Sri Lanka trip.
Source: Daily Mail January 18, 2026 11:32 UTC
