Derek Pringle explains why the current tales of excess have handed the moral high ground to the Australians

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Andrew Strauss’s decision to impose a curfew on England’s cricketers in Australia is nothing new from the ECB’s director of England Cricket. There was one introduced, for instance, on the 1982/83 Ashes tour by England manager, Doug Insole. In an attempt to shackle the drinking habits of a team containing the mighty thirsts of Ian Botham, Allan Lamb, Ian Gould, Robin Jackman and, dare I say it, your correspondent, Insole d...