‘We decided to meet up in the night club’: Ben Stokes clears air on England snubbing Australia for post-Ashes drink | Cricket News

England skipper Ben Stokes has cleared the air about England team rejecting Australia’s offer to have a traditional post-Ashes drink session after the end of the fifth Test at the Oval.
“To clarify… Our wrap took longer than expected because of multiple last time event’s,” tweeted Stokes.
“We decided to meet up in the night club rather than the dressing room.”

To clarify…Our wrap took longer than expected because of multiple last time event’s.We decided to meet up in the night club rather than the dressing room 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 https://t.co/jJ4Qw3uCnm
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) August 1, 2023
The Australian media outlets have criticized the England team for their reluctance to have a drink with the Australian cricket team after they drew the series.
Foxsports.com.au quoted a source close to the Australians said the English had no desire to do so.
While, the Sydney Morning Herald has quoted an England team spokesman saying it was just a misunderstanding.

“It’s a great shame that a drink wasn’t shared and the opportunity of looking back on an epic series,” the spokesman said.
“We then did our end of Test wrap up, which included a number of presentations to our retired players and staff.