ECB to investigate after police break up post-Ashes party
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After police were summoned to break up an early-hours drinking party at the team hotel, the England and Wales Cricket Board will investigate.
At the tourists' Hobart camp, England and Australia's players and staff gathered to commemorate the end of the Ashes series.
Police tell England captain Joe Root, bowler James Anderson, and Australia's Nathan Lyon, Alex Carey, and Travis Head to disperse in this video.
"The England party have apologised for any inconvenience. The hotel management received a noise complaint by a hotel guest and, as is commonplace in Australia, the local police attended the scene,” said the ECB.
"When asked to leave by hotel management and the Tasmanian police, the players and management in question returned to their respective hotel rooms. The ECB will investigate further. Until such times, we will make no further comment."
Police in Tasmania stated they were summoned to the Crowne Plaza hotel after a report of "intoxicated people" around 06:00 local time. They stated that there will be no further action taken.
Four cops were shown on film asking Root, Anderson, Head, Carey, and Lyon to disperse from a roof terrace where they were seated around a table surrounded by beer bottles.
England lost the five-Test series 4-0 to ensure the urn remained in Australian hands, as it has been since 2017.
