Robert Craddock

Ben Stokes talks to his players on the eve of the test saying we need to win back public trust.

You know, he tells people we haven't got an alcohol culture and

And then he goes out and at the first testing of the curfew, he stays out after midnight with Gus Atkinson, where they run into a group of rugby players from Saracens who are having an end of season breakup.

One of those rugby players allegedly gets into some sort of an issue with Atkinson.

and throws a punch, misses Atkinson, but hits a security guard who now needs stitches.

That is the accusation as published in the London Telegraph.

So, you know, this is, I mean, what was he doing out after midnight?

That was the first thing, you know.

And they've been at pains to say, the ECB, that the players were not the aggressors.

Gerard, I say this, who cares?

They're involved in a stink after midnight when they should have been, when they said they were going to be in bed.

Oh, absolutely.

Very, very likely.

And crash on Cricket Victoria's bold push toward privatisation.

It can work, Gerard.

That is one thing I do believe in.

I mean, it works in rugby league.

You know, some of the teams are privately owned.

You've got News Corp having a giant share in the Broncos.

You've got the Penn family owning Manly.