, external<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\nThe updated policy confirms the midnight curfew is in place on every day of a series at home or on tour.<\/p>\n
It also recommends that no alcohol be consumed on the day immediately before, during or the day immediately after a match. If, for example, a Test runs the full five days, the recommendation extends to the following day.<\/p>\n
The head coach and director of cricket, in this instance Brendon McCullum and Rob Key respectively, have the discretion to relax the recommendations when they see fit.<\/p>\n
That way, the hierarchy can allow players the freedom to celebrate a win or keep with traditions such as an end-of-series drink with the opposition at the conclusion of an Ashes series.<\/p>\n
Players were allowed to drink immediately after the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, to mark Stokes’ international retirement.<\/p>\n
The recommendations apply only to players, rather than staff.<\/p>\n
If players do choose to drink in the period before, during or after matches, it should not be in public.<\/p>\n
They have also been strongly discouraged from drinking in private, in order to aid preparation, recovery and professionalism.<\/p>\n
The guidelines apply only to the England senior men’s teams. All other England teams – the women, Lions and age-group teams – have their own rules.<\/p>\n
Regarding the curfew, there are periods when players would naturally leave the England camp, either because there is a long gap between matches or they have been released to their counties.<\/p>\n
It has been confirmed the curfew still applies in these circumstances, subject to the discretion of the management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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