Harry Brook has admitted different England gamers have been current when he was “clocked” by a bouncer exterior a New Zealand nightclub.
The England white-ball skipper had initially mentioned he was out on his own in Wellington on 1 November, the night earlier than a one-day worldwide.
However in a press release launched on Friday, the Yorkshireman conceded others have been with him and he lied to guard them “from being drawn right into a state of affairs”.
The assertion got here after the Daily Telegraph reported, external that Brook and two of his team-mates, Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue, might be topic to an investigation from the cricket regulator.
“I settle for accountability for my actions in Wellington and acknowledge others have been current that night,” mentioned Brook.
“I remorse my earlier feedback and my intention was to guard my team-mates from being drawn right into a state of affairs that arose because of my very own selections.
“I’ve apologised and can proceed to replicate on the matter. This has been a difficult interval in my profession, however one from which I’m studying.
“I recognise I’ve extra to study relating to the off-field tasks that include management and captaincy. I stay dedicated to creating on this space and to enhancing each personally and professionally.”
Brook was positioned in command of England’s white-ball groups final summer season and the tour of New Zealand was his first abroad as captain.
The 26-year-old was concerned within the altercation the night time earlier than the third one-day worldwide in Wellington on 1 November – a recreation England misplaced.
He was fined and given a last warning over his conduct, although the incident and punishment solely got here to mild greater than two months later after the ultimate Check towards Australia in Sydney, on the finish of a dismal collection England misplaced 4-1.
In an interview with BBC Sport final week, Brook mentioned he did not wish to “go into any particulars” of the Wellington incident, however mentioned it started with some gamers “going out for meals”.
“There was no intention of going out, no intention of placing ourselves in a difficult state of affairs,” he mentioned.
“I took it upon myself to exit for a couple of extra and I used to be alone there. I should not have been there.
“I used to be making an attempt to get right into a membership and the bouncer simply clocked me, sadly. I would not say I used to be completely leathered. I would had one too many drinks.”
The Telegraph report that the cricket regulator are making ready a report after receiving paperwork on Brook, Bethell and Tongue from the England and Wales Cricket Board final week.
The physique, set-up in 2023 and headed-up by Chris Haward, a former chief constable of Lincolnshire police, has freedom to function because it sees match. It is ready to high-quality or droop gamers for disciplinary offences.
Brook’s assertion is the most recent act in a collection of incidents involving consuming that dogged the England staff by the New Zealand tour, the Ashes collection that adopted and its aftermath.
The consuming that befell on a mid-tour vacation in Noosa was notably scrutinised, and Brook was one of many gamers pictured within the Queensland resort’s bars.
