England captain Harry Brook admits he needs to 'regain the trust of the players'

Brook was speaking for the first time since news broke that he had been disciplined with a fine for the incident in Wellington.

The incident occurred in the final week before England departed to Australia for the Ashes tour, which they eventually lost 4-1.

Brook said he reported the incident to England's management and came close to being sacked as captain.

Speaking ahead of the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Brook said: "Obviously I made a terrible mistake.

"Not only as a player, but as a captain. It's very unprofessional and I should be leading from the front.

"I've learnt from my mistakes, I've reflected a lot on what's happened and I know it wasn't the right thing to do.

"I want to say sorry to my team-mates, to all the fans that travel far and wide to watch, spend a lot of money on coming out to watch us play cricket and supporting us, and to the ECB for putting them in a tricky situation, and it'll never happen again.

"I'm extremely sorry. I think I've got a little bit of work to do to try and regain the trust of the players.

"I said sorry to them yesterday. I felt like I needed to say sorry for my actions. It's not acceptable as a player, but as a captain it's really not acceptable to do what I did in New Zealand.

"I'll be the first person to say that. I hold my hands up."

England and Sri Lanka will contest three ODIs, starting on Thursday in Colombo, before playing three T20Is ahead of next month's World Cup. 

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