Ashes 2017-18: 6 Controversies from the marquee series Down Under

#4 Ben Duckett pours a drink over James Anderson

Ben Duckett, in Australia with the England Lions squad, was suspended from the rest of the tour for pouring a drink over James Anderson

As if the Jonny Bairstow “headbutt” and England's losses in the first two Tests were not enough, there came another heated controversy into the open when Ben Duckett, in Australia with the England Lions squad, was alleged to have poured a drink over England's vice-captain on the Ashes tour, James Anderson.

That led to an elimination for Duckett from the England XI to take on a Cricket Australia XI in a warm-up game before the third Test in Perth; thereafter, Duckett was suspended from the rest of the tour and sent back home with an official written warning related to bad conduct.

“They've gone into the world of what students do with big trays of shots,” former captain Michael Vaughan described the behaviour of England's cricketers. The Ashes-winning captain went as far as to say, "I agree with Trevor Bayliss [the England coach]. If he feels he's got to get rid of a few people, that's what he's got to do."