A punishment to "send a shiver down the whole team" may be needed after Brydon Carse became the latest England cricketer involved in a drinking controversy, according to Michael Vaughan.
Pace bowler Carse was briefly placed under arrest on a night out with his Durham team-mates in Derby at the weekend. The incident is being investigated by the Cricket Regulator and, as a result, Carse has been removed from the England squad for the second Test against Pakistan at Lord's on Thursday.
"Someone is going to have to get a punishment that sends a shiver down the whole England cricket team and right down through the programme, so that everyone knows that if you misbehave or bring any kind of bad reputation on to this team, you know what's going to come," former England captain Vaughan told BBC Radio 5 Live. "It's the only punishment that will really hurt players."
In October, England white-ball captain Harry Brook was punched by a bouncer outside a nightclub in Wellington, New Zealand, with team-mates Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue also present. During the Ashes tour of Australia, opener Ben Duckett was filmed apparently drunk on England's holiday in Noosa. And in June, former Test captain Ben Stokes and pace bowler Gus Atkinson broke a team curfew and were present when a member of England's security staff was punched by a Saracens rugby player in a London nightclub.
In this latest incident, Carse was with Durham team-mates Stokes and Matthew Potts, all of whom are under England central contracts. In Stokes' case, the England deal remains in place despite his international retirement in June. It makes a total of eight contracted players who have been involved in or present for late-night incidents in the past year, more than a quarter of the 30 men on England deals.
Footage shared on social media on Sunday showed Carse in handcuffs, surrounded by police officers.
Vaughan said it is an "awful look for the England team once again", but he would "feel" for Carse if he is made an example of following the other events of the past year.
"I hope Carse is getting good support around him," said Vaughan. "He is a character who can be a little bit loose and if you give him a bit of rope he'll take a huge amount of it. He needs people around him who are giving him better advice. I would feel for Carse if he is the one who takes the rap for what has happened over the past nine months, but somewhere, somehow, something has to be done to set a precedent that they won't stand for that behaviour any more."
On Monday, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that the Regulator was investigating and, as a result, 31-year-old Carse had been removed from the squad for the second Test, with his place going to Sonny Baker.
Soon after that, Derbyshire Police said a man in his 30s was arrested on Saturday night, only to be de-arrested a short time later. "A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in Derby city centre on Saturday night, 22 August," said a police statement. "However the man was de-arrested shortly afterwards having agreed to leave the area."
This new controversy comes only one game into Joe Root's second spell as Test captain.
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