Stephan Shemilt

Was it resolved before you went to Australia?

Obviously, this didn't come out in the media until after the ashes, but you knew it had happened.

Was that hanging over you during Australia?

Did you feel like it affected your performances?

Your personal performances?

Knowing what had happened in Wellington, why were you so open with things like drinking in Noosa?

Why were you happy to be photographed in bars and things like that?

It was quite public there, wasn't it, to be drinking on this side of the road?

What do you think about suggestions of a drinking culture in the team?

Is that fair?

But is there a curfew in place now?

Do you think, I don't know, grown adults and professional athletes should have to agree that you've all got to be back in a hotel at a certain time to get the best out of your performances?

Back in Melbourne, Rob Key said to us that maybe the decisions the management had taken about preparation and some of the things that had been taken around the tour didn't give the players the best chance of succeeding in the Ashes.

Did the players give themselves the best chance of succeeding in the Ashes with their off-field behaviour, attitude towards training?

Do you feel like you gave yourself the best shot?

There are other ways to relax, though, aren't there?

Other than just drinking.

Australia's a great country.

There's lots of different things you can do.

Do you feel you've still got authority over this team?