Brydon Carse: Michael Vaughan says England need punishment to ‘send a chill’

And, although Vaughan said it is “a terrible look for the England team once again”, he would “feel sorry” for Carse if he was made an example of following the other events of last year.

“I hope Carse is getting good support around him,” Vaughan said. “He’s a character who can be a little laid back and if you give him a little bit of rope, he’ll take a lot of it. He needs people around him to give him better advice.

“I would feel sorry for Carse if he was the one taking the blame for what happened in the last nine months, but somewhere, somehow, something has to be done to set a precedent that such behavior will no longer be tolerated.”

On Monday, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that the Regulator was investigating and, as a result, Carse, 31, had been dropped from the squad for the second Test, with his place going to Sonny Baker.

Shortly afterwards, Derbyshire Police said a man in his 30s was arrested on Saturday night, only to be released a short time later.

“A man aged in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in Derby city center on the evening of Saturday 22 August,” a police statement said.

“However, the man was released shortly after and agreed to leave the area.”

This fresh controversy comes just one game into Joe Root’s second stint as Test captain.

Ahead of his first match back in charge, a defeat of Pakistan at Headingley, Root called on his players to be “good role models and good human beings”.

Root will now speak to the media on Tuesday to address the fallout from the Carse incident.

“Joe Root will be absolutely furious about this,” Vaughan said. “He was hoping to get to Lord’s to talk about cricket and his team.

“Now you will have to answer all these questions about discipline, curfews and drinking culture.

“Everything we thought about has been swept under the rug and pushed aside, we’re pretty much back to square one.”

Former England player Phil Tufnell agreed with Vaughan that substantial punishment is the only way to ensure players are aligned.

Tufnell, who had multiple brushes with authority during his international career, said: “If you want to stop this, the only way to stop it is to say, ‘You’re not playing for five games.’

“I was made to stand in a corner during my England career and told: ‘You are not available for selection’. It will soon stop. It would be sorted in a heartbeat.”

Carse was in the England squad for the first Test, but was not selected in the final XI. It is unlikely that he would have been in the squad for the second Test at Lord’s unless one of Headingley’s four England front-row seamers suffered a fitness problem.

Since Carse made his Test debut in October 2024, no England bowler has more Test wickets than his 58. He was the only member of England’s attack to play all five matches of the Ashes series in Australia.

However, he was unavailable at the start of the summer at home due to injury, and being dropped from the squad for the second Test could push him further down the pecking order.

“Carse is 31 years old and entering the fall of his career,” Tufnell said. “You have to stay in shape.

“You want to bowl these long spells for England and make a name for yourself.

“It’s probably best not to do that [going out so late]. “Some of the best in the business have tried and failed.”