England's Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell cautioned over nightclub incident

[p]The Cricket Regulator - a body independent of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) responsible for enforcing regulations - on Wednesday issued cautions to Brook and Bethell for breaching player conduct rules.[/p][p]Brook claimed originally that he was on his own when he got involved in an altercation with a bouncer at a Wellington nightclub on the eve of a one-day international on November 1st, an incident that was only revealed two months later.[/p][p][b]Brook was fined £30,000 by the ECB and given a final warning.[/b][/p][p]He later admitted that Bethell and fast bowler Josh Tongue had been present, explaining he had lied to try to protect his team-mates and publicly apologised.[/p][p]Brook and Bethell both played in the match the next day, which England lost by two wickets to complete a 3-0 series defeat.[/p][p]No action was taken against Tongue, who was not in the one-day international squad at the time.[/p][embed guid="7413c3a3-952a-4aad-b8e4-2d4053020636" url="https://x.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/2039388635108392988?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Regulator [b]"issued a caution notice to Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell in relation to their conduct"[/b], said a statement.[/p][p]It added that both players had accepted they were in breach of the professional conduct regulations.[/p][p][b]Many observers believed Brook was lucky to retain the captaincy for the T20 World Cup, where he led England to the semi-finals before losing to India in Mumbai.[/b][/p][p]England's off-field behaviour in Australia before and during the 4-1 Ashes defeat came under heavy fire, with allegations of poor preparations, muddled team selection and a "drinking culture".[/p][p]England players were photographed spending hours in bars during a mid-series beach resort break, with a video of an apparently drunk Ben Duckett circulating on social media.[/p][p]England Test captain Ben Stokes, coach Brendon McCullum and director of men's cricket Rob Key all kept their jobs after an ECB review of the tour.[/p]