Overview
- England lost the Ashes 4-1, conceding the urn in 11 days after defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.
- Reports from The Telegraph detail repeated casino visits and prolonged drinking in Noosa during the tour, plus tensions between Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum over training and tactics.
- The Times reports the ECB is considering a player curfew for the Sri Lanka white-ball tour and the T20 World Cup, with the board already conducting a post-series review.
- Harry Brook was fined £30,000 following an altercation with a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand before the Ashes, an incident that has intensified scrutiny of team culture.
- Stuart Broad has publicly rejected claims of a squad-wide drinking problem, calling recent incidents individual mistakes and arguing formal curfews are unnecessary.