Curfew as Strauss says England players not ‘thugs’
LONDON: England cricket chief Andrew Strauss says his players are not "thugs" and there is no drinking culture in the team, as he slapped a midnight curfew on the Ashes tour, reports said Tuesday.
The move followed Jonny Bairstow's headbutt of Cameron Bancroft in a Perth bar late last month, which only came to light over the weekend and has dominated headlines.
There is sensitivity within the England camp about off-field behaviour after the controversy surrounding suspended star all-rounder Ben Stokes, who is facing a…