Perth — England’s cricketers must take responsibility for their actions and improve their off-field behaviour or risk turning a younger generation of players away from the game, all-rounder Moeen Ali said on Sunday. England’s Ashes tour was plunged into another crisis on Saturday after batsman Ben Duckett was suspended for pouring a drink on a senior England player reported to be paceman James Anderson after an argument in a Perth bar late on Thursday. The 23-year-old Duckett, who is part of the England Lions training team, has been fined and will play no further part in the remaining matches for the England Lions in Australia.. "As professionals — with the young kids watching and hearing all the news, it’s very important we are on our best behaviour," Moeen, who does not drink, said on Sunday. "It’s important we inspire the younger generation to take up the game. These kind of things possibly can turn them away and that’s not what we want." The behaviour of England players has come...
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