Rob Key to investigate England’s ‘stag do’ drinking habits on Noosa mid-Ashes break

• Team director has ‘no issue’ with trip after second Test

• England will investigate claims of excessive drinking

Rob Key has defended England’s mid-tour break in Noosa but confirmed he will look into reports that excessive drinking by players in between the second and third Ashes Tests turned it into a “glorified stag do”.

Sitting 3-0 down to Australia, the Ashes having gone, the team director, Key, has followed the head coach, Brendon McCullum, in stating that his future now rests in the hands of senior figures at the England and Wales Cricket Board.