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Ben Duckett Receives Suspension After A Bar Incident
By CricShots - Dec 11, 2017 7:28 am
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English batsman Ben Duckett has been suspended from playing in the remaining training camp of the team in Australia and warned about his conduct after a bar incident last week, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday.

England’s Ashes tour was further surrounded by the crisis when Duckett was suspended for pouring a drink on a senior England player reported to be paceman James Anderson after an argument in a Perth bar late on Thursday.

The 23-year-old Duckett was also fined the “maximum allowable amount” for an English cricketer. He will remain with the squad and return to England at the end of the camp on Dec. 17, ECB said on their website.

Earlier, all-rounder, Moeen Ali expressed his concerns for the behavior of England cricketers off the field, he said, “As professionals – with the young kids watching and hearing all the news, it’s very important we are on our best behavior. It’s important we inspire the younger generation to take up the game. These kinds of things possibly can turn them away and that’s not what we want. A lot of the families are here now, it’s important we focus on the game.”

He further added, “We’re all grown men and we should know how to behave. Through county cricket all the way up to international cricket, the individual needs to be responsible. Off-field behavior needs to improve and we all know that.”

The off teh field behavior of England cricketers has been criticised a lot after all-rounder Ben Stokes was left out of the tour after he and teammate Alex Hales were arrested following a brawl outside a Bristol nightclub in September.