No curfew for Australia team, says Lehmann
Coach has faith in his players to do the right thingAustralian coach Darren Lehmann says he can’t envisage ever slapping a curfew on his players, who were “grown men”, after England opted to ban their team being out after midnight. They’re grown men, they’re adults.”England pick Ball for first Ashes TestFormer Australian captain and selector Greg Chappell suggested curfews were ineffective. In laying down the law after the Bairstow incident, he said his players “need to be smarter”. “That’s the reality, they are adults, intelligent adults, and at times they are not using that intelligence in the right way,” he said. “It is a distraction to the team and none of us want that distraction.”Despite the Stokes controversy and the Bairstow incident, Strauss insisted the team were “good, honest, hardworking cricketers”.
Source: The Express Tribune November 29, 2017 08:37 UTC
