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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are launching an investigation after a video emerged showing police asking several England and Australian players to go to bed after a drinking session at the team hotel in Hobart.
The video, which appears to have been taken by Graham Thorpe, England’s assistant coach, and somehow obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald, showed Joe Root and James Anderson along with Travis Head, Nathan Lyon and Alex Carey being spoken to by several police officers as they sat around a table of drinks at 6am.
The group were outside on the fourth-floor terrace of the Crowne Plaza hotel and were asked to return to their rooms by the police officers. They did so immediately. In the footage, an officer can be heard saying: “Too loud. You have obviously been asked to pack up, so we’ve been asked to come. Time for bed. Thank you. They just want to pack up.”
“Tasmania Police attended the Crowne Plaza Hobart on Monday morning after reports were made of intoxicated people in a function area,” said a police statement.
