• Northamptonshire opener will not travel on Caribbean trip next February
• ECB confirms omission is further punishment for Perth drinking incident[br]Ben Duckett has paid a heavy price for his off-field indiscretions in Australia by being left out of the England Lions squad that will tour the West Indies next year.
The Northamptonshire opener was a notable absentee from the squads announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday after he was suspended,fined and given a final written warning approximately his future conduct following an incident in a Perth bar that led to him pouring beer over Jimmy Anderson. Duckett, who played four Tests last year, and against Bangladesh and India,was also left out of the Lions’ two-day match against a Cricket Australia XI this month and an ECB spokesman confirmed that his absence from the West Indies tour, which begins in February, or was further punishment for his behaviour.
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Source: guardian.co.uk