4 min readUpdated: Aug 24, 2026 07:11 PM IST
While England Cricket Board(ECB) are investigating the incident involving England pacer Brydon Carse in handcuffs and being led away from a nightclub by local police in Derby on Saturday night as reported by The Telegraph, the incident marks the latest off-field controversies involving England cricketers. England white-ball captain Harry Brook was fined 30,000 euros by ECB last year after reports emerged of him in an altercation with a bouncer in Wellington during the New Zealand tour and this year saw captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson being left of England’s squad ahead of the second Test against New Zealand at The Oval after breaking the team curfew. With Carse in the England squad for the second Test against England starting August 27, former England pacer Stuart Broad has termed the incident as ‘pretty daft’ and has shared how such events are not really anything that anyone wants to be ‘talking bout’
“I read the ECB statement. They have probably got this just copied and pasted now. Haven’t they? You have seen the video, you can’t tell anything from it, so we can’t really make a judgment. But whatever has really happened, is pretty daft. When you are in the Test squad, yes, you haven’t played, but it’s pretty daft. We will wait and see what happens. It could be 10 o’clock in the evening or 2 in the morning. Whatever. It’s not really anything that anyone wants to be talking about, to be brutally honest,” Broad said on the For the Love of Cricket Podcast on Youtube.
Carse, who was England’s leading wicket-taker in the Ashes this year with a total of 22 wickets at an average of 30.31, had missed the series against New Zealand due to wrist and elbow injuries. The xx-year-old was named in England’s squad for the three-test series against Pakistan but was not named in the England XI for the opening Test of the series. The pacer was released from the England squad to play for Durham in the County Championship and had scored 26 runs and taken two wickets for 82 against Derbyshire in the match won by Durham in three days. Carse was celebrating with team-mates at the pub in Derby as media reports stated and was seen in handcuffs by local police. The ECB had put out a statement on Sunday about the incident. “We are aware of an incident which is reported to have taken place in Derby last night, and are currently investigating. We will provide a further update when possible.” ECB statement read.
Earlier this month, England Test captain Joe Root had spoken about how there will be no curfew for England players. Root, who was appointed Test captain after Ben Stokes had announced his retirement during the third Test against New Zealand, had spoken about how he sees the team self policing under him and new coach Stephen Fleming.
“There’s not going to be a curfew. I don’t think this needs to be a big deal, to be honest. My view on curfews is that I don’t think they work and if you want guys to take responsibility on the field, they’ve got to feel like they can be grown adults off it and make good, strong decisions off it. And that’s for us as a team to manage well, and self-police well, for me and Flem (Stephen Fleming) to manage well in many ways,” Root had told the media earlier this month.
