India, July 10 -- English cricket is a victim of alcohol indulgence. Recently, one of its greats, Ben Stokes, announced his retirement, and a bar brawl played a big role in his leaving cricket much earlier than expected.

There was another bar brawl involving England white-ball captain Harry Brook. It happened last year during the England-New Zealand ODI series in Wellington in October. However, the incident came to light much later, after the Ashes in early January this year.

Then during the Ashes, the English team had taken a little break in Noosa, a coastal holiday destination in Australia, and later reports emerged that some of the players had heavily indulged in drinking. England opener Ben Duckett was photographed in an inebriated ...