After Ben Duckett’s folly,the perception could be that England have an alcohol problem among a small minority and they have a batting problem: there are situations empty; right-handed teetotallers preferredAnother day in the paradise that is Perth that didn’t fairly recede according to arrangement for the England touring party. For a start there was rain about but there was no Ben Duckett about. He was supposed to be playing in the game; he was on the team sheet issued by the management on Thursday; but on Saturday morning he was replaced by Worcestershire’s Joe Clarke, and not because the selectors have suddenly realised the need for more right‑handed batsmen to combat off‑spinners such as Nathan Lyon and Ravi Ashwin.
It is all about another bar, or another late-night incident,another self‑inflicted blow that suggests a shambolic set of self-indulgent England cricketers drowning themselves in alcohol in Australia.
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Source: guardian.co.uk