Brendon McCullum: England cricket head coach says 'pile on' over player behaviour 'out of order'

Brendon McCullum has dismissed criticism of England's behaviour as "out of order" and hit out at the perception that he runs a "loose ship".

News emerged at the end of the 4-1 Ashes defeat - where England faced accusations of a "drinking culture" - that white-ball captain Brook had been involved in an altercation with a nightclub bouncer on the preceding tour of New Zealand.

Brook began the tour of Sri Lanka by apologising and insisted that he was out alone, but then had to release a statement to admit that was not true after reports that Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue were also fined.