"Stories of players drinking six days solid - that's unacceptable." Duckett was dropped from the England Lions squad during a tour of Australia in 2017-18 after pouring a drink over England bowler James Anderson. While the entire squad were present in Noosa, former Kent and England batter Key was in another part of Queensland. That included shots of some players drinking at an outside table of a bar on the main high street in the town. Former Australia batter and head coach Darren Lehmann told Australian radio station ABC he spent time with some England players in Noosa.

Source: BBC December 23, 2025 22:04 UTC