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Punishment that sends shiver down whole England team needed – Vaughan

Brydon Carse has not played for England since the final Ashes Test in January A punishment to "send a shiver down the whole team" may be needed after Brydon Carse became the latest England cricketer involved in a drinking controversy, according to Michael Vaughan. Pace bowler Carse was briefly placed under arrest on a night […]

By deepak · August 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Brydon Carse has not played for England since the final Ashes Test in January

A punishment to "send a shiver down the whole team" may be needed after Brydon Carse became the latest England cricketer involved in a drinking controversy, according to Michael Vaughan.

Pace bowler Carse was briefly placed under arrest on a night out with his Durham team-mates in Derby at the weekend.

The incident is being investigated by the Cricket Regulator and, as a result, Carse has been removed from the England squad for the second Test against Pakistan at Lord's on Thursday.

"Someone is going to have to get a punishment that sends a shiver down the whole England cricket team and right down through the programme, so that everyone knows that if you misbehave or bring any kind of bad reputation on to this team, you know what's going to come," former England captain Vaughan told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"It's the only punishment that will really hurt players."

In October, England white-ball captain Harry Brook was punched by a bouncer outside a nightclub in Wellington, New Zealand, with team-mates Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue also present.

During the Ashes tour of Australia, opener Ben Duckett was filmed apparently drunk on England's holiday in Noosa.

And in June, former Test captain Ben Stokes and pace bowler Gus Atkinson broke a team curfew and were present when a member of England's security staff was punched by a Saracens rugby player in a London nightclub.

In this latest incident, Carse was with Durham team-mates Stokes and Matthew Potts, all of whom are under England central contracts. In Stokes' case, the England deal remains in place despite his international retirement in June.

It makes a total of eight contracted players who have been involved in or present for late-night incidents in the past year – more than a quarter of the 30 men on England deals.

In this latest occurrence, footage shared on social media on Sunday showed Carse in handcuffs, surrounded by police officers.

Listen to Vaughan, Tufnell and Finn discuss Carse incident on the TMS podcast

And, although Vaughan said it is an "awful look for the England team once again", he would "feel" for Carse if he is made an example of following the other events of the past year.

"I hope Carse is getting good support around him," said Vaughan. "He is a character who can be a little bit loose and if you give him a bit of rope he'll take a huge amount of it. He needs people around him who are giving him better advice.

Source: Read the original article on www.bbc.co.uk