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Will Macpherson

ECB investigating after video emerges of police being called to post-Ashes hotel drinks after Hobart Test

England captain Joe Root was seen at the crack of dawn at a bar in Hobart after England's Ashes defeat

(Picture: Melbourne Age)

Furious England management are investigating why an incident featuring Joe Root, James Anderson and Tasmanian police was filmed — seemingly by assistant coach Graham Thorpe — then leaked to the Australian media.

Footage emerged in Australia today of England captain Root, legendary bowler Anderson and a number of their Australian counterparts — Nathan Lyon, Travis Head and Alex Carey — drinking together after the sun had come up on Monday, the morning after the Ashes series concluded in Hobart.

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