{"id":404367,"date":"2026-01-10T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404367\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:05:10","slug":"report-details-fresh-claims-in-england-cricket-teams-loose-careless-ashes-tour-brydon-carse-cash-boozy-noosa-trip-ben-stokes-and-brendon-mccullum-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/404367\/","title":{"rendered":"Report details fresh claims in England cricket team\u2019s \u2018loose, careless\u2019 Ashes tour, Brydon Carse cash, boozy Noosa trip, Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum tension"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lengthy new report has detailed fresh concerns over the antics of some England cricket team members during the recent failed Ashes tour.<\/p>\n

The England and Wales Cricket Board has launched an immediate and \u201cthorough\u201d review of the demoralising 4-1 series loss to Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As soon as the series was over, ECB chief executive Richard Gould released a statement calling the team\u2019s failure to regain the Ashes \u201cdeeply disappointing\u201d.<\/p>\n

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England\u2019s preparations, coaching and off-field behaviour all came under the microscope during the series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, The Telegraph<\/a> detailed England\u2019s wretched time<\/a> Down Under in a report penned by Nick Hoult and Will Macpherson.<\/p>\n

The report began with an anecdote focusing on fast bowler Brydon Carse, who was at a Perth cafe with Zak Crawley and Harry Brook the morning after England lost the first Test inside two days.<\/p>\n

Harry Brook cops fine for altercation | 01:22<\/p>\n

\u201cCarse put his hand in his pocket, and accidentally dislodged what eyewitnesses described as thousands of dollars in cash that flew into the air,\u201d Hoult and Macpherson wrote in <\/a>The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatrons of the cafe, including English cricket journalists enjoying a quiet coffee, were left scrambling to grab the cash and return it to Carse. Crawley looked mortified.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident, whether innocent or otherwise, acts as an emblem for an Ashes tour that was loose, careless and at times downright baffling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article also detailed several other claims: <\/p>\n

\u2014 Senior England officials early on in the Australian tour felt \u201cuneasy about the planning, or lack of it, for the Ashes\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2014 At least one senior England player arrived in Perth early ahead of schedule \u201cbecause he turned up on tour overweight\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Some England players, staying at Crown Towers in Perth, frequented the casino\u2019s tables \u2013 \u201coften well-oiled\u201d \u2013 in full view of fans.<\/p>\n

‘Take offence to that’- McCullum | 06:26<\/p>\n

\u2014 A chasm between captain Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum \u201cbegan to diverge\u201d ahead of the second Test in Brisbane, with the duo at odds over whether the team needed extra training after the early first Test finish. McCullum, \u201cto the surprise of some onlookers\u201d, struggled to hide his frustration in the England changerooms as Australia\u2019s tail wagged on Day 3 at the Gabba. The report stated: \u201cOne insider believed McCullum felt Stokes was blinking under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 With England facing defeat at the Gabba, \u201cterse words were exchanged\u201d among the English camp on the morning of Day 4.<\/p>\n

\u2014 After losing the third Test in Adelaide \u2013 and consequently the Ashes \u2013 Stokes asked his players not to head out on the town \u2026 but the order was \u201cnot obeyed by all players, with at least one spotted out later than the Australians\u201d.<\/p>\n

You can read the full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stokes: We havent performed well!” | 21:00<\/p>\n

While captain Stokes appears safe from the axe, the roles of head of cricket Rob Key and McCullum are set to come under the microscope.<\/p>\n

British media, including the BBC, have reported that Key and McCullum are likely to survive to show they can make improvements to the England set-up.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s next Test assignment is not until June, at home to New Zealand. Coming up fast is the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next month when McCullum will expect to be in charge of the squad, which will be captained by Harry Brook.<\/p>\n

\u2014 with AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lengthy new report has detailed fresh concerns over the antics of some England cricket team members during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3443,2620,214551,1724,64,63,689,56117,14675,651,2090,88648,152418,1208,33511,143709,214550,2057,9564,214553,12548,167064,17071,2105,1209,24773,87444,1736,185344,3583,677,46,701,214552,213063,196191,47911,38704,1124,12540,85,1210,64514,214549,5338,3439,205392,20339],"class_list":["post-404367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adelaide","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-anecdote-focusing","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-cricket-team","tag-brendon-mccullum","tag-brisbane","tag-british-broadcasting-corporation","tag-brydon-carse","tag-cricket-team","tag-england","tag-england-and-wales-cricket-board","tag-england-captain","tag-english-cricket-journalists","tag-europe","tag-european-central-bank","tag-facing-defeat","tag-fox-cricket","tag-fresh-concerns","tag-gareth-copley","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-india","tag-nasser-hussain","tag-nets-session","tag-new-zealand","tag-nick-hoult","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-perth","tag-queensland","tag-report-details","tag-richard-gould","tag-series-defeat","tag-series-loss","tag-series-win","tag-south-australia","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-sri-lanka","tag-team-members","tag-terse-words","tag-the-gabba","tag-western-australia","tag-will-macpherson","tag-zak-crawley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}