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Michael Vaughan Demand Changes In English Culture
By CricShots - Oct 4, 2017 5:44 am
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Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has demanded a change in the culture of the national squad after Ben Stokes’ arrest on a night out.

Last week, Stokes was arrested in Bristol for attacking a person on the streets, even a video footage allegedly shows that he was throwing punches and knocking a man to the floor.

Stokes and other England team-mates were out celebrating an ODI win over West Indies less than 72 hours before their next game. Vaughan believes that was a poor decision, as he said, “Yes, he’s 26 years of age, he should be more mature, he has made a massive mistake and I have no sympathy for Ben Stokes whatsoever. But the management of the England team have to look at themselves in the mirror and say, ‘Hang on a minute, could we have done a bit more, could we have been a bit stricter?’.”

He further added, “I am not saying I want a headmaster and have a curfew and say, ‘You have got to be in your room by 11:00 pm and you can never drink’, but there are a time and a place and I just think now, with what has gone on this week, the culture of cricket has to change quickly.”

Vaughan concluding by talking about how in countries such kind of things aren’t allowed, he said, “When we go on tour, we go to Australia, to India, to Bangladesh, there is a huge amount of security, there is no way in a million years an England player is allowed out, they’re allowed to go and party, but there is no way they are allowed out on their own at that time of night.”