ECB to probe post-Ashes drinking party at team hotel

Joe Root. Pic/AP, PTI

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has launched an investigation into Sunday night's drinking session involving captain Joe Root after police were called to break up the post Ashes party at the team hotel here.

Veteran England pacer James Anderson and three Australian players Alex Carey, Travis Head and Nathan Lyon were also seen in a video as they got together to mark the end of the Ashes at the tourists' Hobart hotel, according to reports.

The ECB on Tuesday said it was investigating the incident. "During the early hours of Monday morning, members of the England and Australia men's teams shared a drink in the team areas of the hotel in Hobart," the ECB said.

"The hotel management received a noise complaint by a hotel guest, and as is commonplace in Australia, the local police attended the scene," the statement said.

"When asked to leave by hotel management and the Tasmanian police, the players and management in question left and returned to their respective hotel rooms. The England party have apologised for any inconvenience caused."

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