England Assistant Coach Graham Thorpe Could Be Sacked For Shooting Ashes Party Video

England men’s cricket team assistant coach Graham Thorpe is likely to be sacked in the aftermath of Australia and England players’ post-Ashes party at a Hobart hotel.

England senior players like Joe Root and James Anderson were enjoying themselves with their Australian counterparts Nathan Lyon, Travis Head and Alex Carey.

Graham Thorpe made the video of players celebrating

Their drinking session went up till 6 am on Monday which led to police intervention after a few guests had issued complaints.

It was Thorpe who captured the video of the players celebrating in the party. He was heard saying: “We’ve got Nathan Lyon, Root, there’s Carey and Anderson. I’ll just video this for the lawyers. See you in the morning everyone.”

ECB to investigate on the matter

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have already issued an apology for the matter and promised to investigate the whole thing further.

“During the early hours of Monday morning, members of the England and Australia men’s teams shared a drink in the team areas of the hotel in Hobart,” the ECB said in a statement.

“The hotel management received a noise complaint by a hotel guest, and, as is commonplace in Australia, the local police attended the scene. When asked to leave by hotel management and the Tasmanian police, the players and management in question left and returned to their respective hotel rooms.

“The England party have apologised for any inconvenience caused. The ECB will investigate further. Until such time, we will make no further comment,” it added.

England suffered a humiliating 0-4 Ashes lost to Australia after they lost the final Test by 146 runs in just three days in Hobart.

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