Cricke­t chief says his player­s should not be called ‘thugs’SYDNEY: England cricket chief Andrew Strauss says his players are not “thugs” and there is no drinking culture in the team, as he slapped a midnight curfew on the Ashes tour, reports said Tuesday. Director of cricket Strauss said Bairstow “bumped” heads with Bancroft in what he described as an innocent greeting “that he does with his mates”. Given the Stokes controversy and the Bairstow incident, the England boss was keen to dismiss any perceptions that the team was out of control, it was reported. These are good, honest, hardworking cricketers who sacrifice a lot to play for England,” he said. “They’ve done some great things in an England shirt and I will back them on that to the hilt because I know them.

Source: The Express Tribune November 28, 2017 09:22 UTC