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Enable Cookies<\/a> Nasser: Brook must put things right<\/p>\n Atherton’s comments came after podcast co\u2011host Nasser Hussain argued that Brook should be given the chance to atone, despite describing the actions and decisions he took leading up to the nightclub incident in New Zealand as incompatible with the role of captain.<\/p>\n “There’s been so much noise about it in the last couple of weeks, and rightly so, because he’s an England cricket captain, and you’ve just got to get the certainties out,” Hussain added.<\/p>\n “One thing that is certain: it is totally unacceptable for an England cricket captain, the night before a game, to be going out, having too much to drink, and being clocked by a bouncer. That is just non\u2011negotiable.<\/p>\n “I’ve read pieces saying he hasn’t been supported by the ECB and needed more support. For any cricketer of whatever age – and this is a 26\u2011year\u2011old who has been around for a while – that is just non\u2011negotiable as your cricket captain.<\/p>\n Image: “But having said that, people do make mistakes in life, and you have to give them the chance to put those mistakes right.<\/p>\n “He plays in a Test side with someone who made a huge mistake, and has made mistakes, in Ben Stokes, who has tried to put his off\u2011field life right. Ricky Ponting, one of the great captains and players to have ever played the game, had a similar incident growing up and put his life right.<\/p>\n “Harry got it horribly wrong, as we all have done in our lives. The question is: does he look like someone who can put it right, and wants to put it right, off the field?”<\/p>\n England’s T20 World Cup<\/a> fixtures (first round)<\/p>\n All times UK and Ireland; all games live on Sky Sports<\/p>\n vs Nepal (Sunday February 8) – Mumbai (9.30am)vs West Indies (Wednesday February 11) – Mumbai (1.30pm)vs Scotland (Saturday February 14) – Kolkata (9.30am)vs Italy (Monday February 16) – Kolkata (9.30am)<\/p>\n Watch every match of the Men’s T20 World Cup live from February 7 to March 8 on Sky Sports. Get Sky Sports<\/a> or stream contract-free with NOW.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Atherton wants Harry Brook to take personal responsibility for his off\u2011field troubles after showing a lack of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-408483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n Harry Brook has been accused of lacking contrition after his ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin-inspired century celebration<\/p>\n