England Cricket Team Faces Disappointment After Brydon Carse's Suspension
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Joe Root gives his view on the latest incident involving an England player at a nightclub, after video footage emerged of Brydon Carse in handcuffs on Saturday night.
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BBC SportPublished England captain Joe Root says he is "hacked off" and "disappointed" at the incident involving fast bowler Brydon Carse at a Derby nightclub.
The Guardian SportJoe Root has spoken of his desire to remodel England’s dressing room into a group that inspires “supporters to look at us and not just revere what we do on the field but off it as well” after the conduct of the nation’s cricketers was once again called into question following the emergence of videos showing Brydon Carse being escorted from a Derby nightclub in handcuffs late on Saturday night.
ESPNcricinfoJoe Root 'hacked off' after Carse incident mars Lord's Test build-up England captain frustrated that team-mates "keep making stupid mistakes" following Derby nightclub arrest
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Carse, 31, was dropped from the squad for the second Test starting against Pakistan this week.
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Sky SportsCarse, who was seen talking to team-mate Matthew Potts, with former England captain Ben Stokes also pictured in the background, has subsequently been withdrawn from the squad for the second Pakistan Test at Lord's with an investigation by the Cricket Regulator underway.
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"If I'm being brutally honest, I'm really hacked off, I'm really disappointed," Root said in the opening to a news conference.
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Sky Sports"If I'm being brutally honest, I'm really hacked off," Root told a press conference. "I'm really disappointed that after last week's performance we are sat here and we're talking about something not related to it at all.
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01 Sky Sports Tuesday 25 August 2026 14:16, UK A furious Joe Root vowed England would earn back the trust of the nation after his return as Test captain was overshadowed by the latest off-field incident to rock English cricket.
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02 The Guardian Sport “It’s not the isolated incident itself, I think it is the fact that we continually keep making stupid mistakes away from the game, and it’s detracting from what we’re doing on the field,” Root said.
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03 BBC Sport "But I don't think it's the isolated incident itself, it's the fact that we keep making stupid mistakes away from the game and it's detracting from what we're doing on the field." More to follow.
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