According to reports in the English media, a number of players got too drunk during their six-day stay in Noosa, a resort town, ahead of the third Test in Adelaide... .
England’s disastrous campaign has shifted from on-field humiliation to off-field scandal with captain Ben Stokes was forced to address the fallout ....
Ben Stokes has called for a “bit of empathy” for his players caught up in the fallout from their boozy mid-series trip to Noosa but refused to comment on whether they had done anything wrong.
The England squad visited the resort town of Noosa on the SunshineCoach north of Brisbane between the second and third Tests, a long-planned part of the itinerary designed to help players relax and unwind on the long tour.
ECB managing director Rob Key will investigate reports England's recent break in Noosa resembled a "stag do" as the tourists pick up the pieces from their Ashes defeat ... .
An investigation has been launched into the behaviour of the England players on their mid-series break in Noosa a week before they lost the third AshesTest in Adelaide... The Noosa trip was planned as a bonding session by McCullum.