Australia coach Darren Lehmann says England's latest alcohol-fuelled indiscretion is no laughing matter and his team are not relishing the tourists' misfortunes
Australia coach Darren Lehmann says England's latest alcohol-fuelled indiscretion is no laughing matter and his team are not relishing the tourists' misfortunes. England were rocked weekend by a third alcohol-related incident in three months after England Lions batsman Ben Duckett was suspended from a two-day tour match for pouring a drink on the head of James Anderson following a heated argument. The Duckett incident follows Ben Stokes' involvement in a brawl outside a Bristol nightclub in September and Jonny Bairstow's headbutt greeting for Australia's Cameron Bancroft in Perth in late October.
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Lehmann said he did not see the funny side of his rivals self-destructing. "I've been through all that, so no, I don't have a chuckle at that," Lehmann told reporters yesterday. "You have those situations at various stages throughout your career. It's not funny. It's a case of actually making sure you're trying the best you can to get your side prepared. For me, I don't have a chuckle at any of that."
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