Vaughan hits out at ‘student’ antics

Michael Vaughan is aghast at the ‘stupidity’ of England’s late-night drinkers and believes senior players have serious questions to answer about the Ashes tourists’ troubles.

Vaughan insists too that the next one who causes off-the-field controversy, in a series England trail 2-0 and are in danger of losing in the next week, should be sent home.

The former captain is incredulous that, on their first night back in Perth and after the Ashes squad’s curfew was lifted, 10 of them joined Lions colleagues in the very same bar which was the scene of Jonny Bairstow’s ‘headbutt’ greeting for Cameron Bancroft.

The presence of Anderson and other experienced players also perplexes him.

“To think you’ve gone back to the same bar where the Bairstow incident happened, the first night you’re back in town, it’s just stupid,” said BT Sport Ashes pundit Vaughan.

“You have one or two bad eggs and let’s be honest, they act like students when they go out, big trays of shots.

“I would question the senior boys who were in that bar that night,” he added.

“They are the role models of the team, the Lions, that all those young players should be looking up to.”

He advocates one appropriate response for further transgressions.

“It’s got to the stage that every single England cricketer needs to be sat in a room and (told) if you bring any bad PR on the team you just get sent home.”

Michael Vaughan: senior players should be role models.