'Hacked off' Joe Root demands England clean up act after Brydon Carse incident

Carse was briefly arrested after being filmed in handcuffs outside a Derby bar on Saturday night while celebrating Durham's County Championship victory over Derbyshire. He was later de-arrested, with the Cricket Regulator investigating the incident.

Although Carse was not on England duty, the centrally contracted 31-year-old was removed from the Lord's squad, with Sonny Baker called up as his replacement.

Root was frustrated that the incident had overshadowed England's innings-and-103-run victory over Pakistan at Headingley.

"If I'm being brutally honest, I'm really hacked off, I'm really disappointed," Root said. "After last week's performance, we're sat here and we're talking about something that is not related to it at all."

Root said he had spoken to Carse, describing him as "very upset" and "very apologetic", but stressed that the bigger concern was England's repeated off-field incidents.

"It's not the isolated incident itself, it's the fact we continually keep making stupid mistakes away from the game and it's detracting from what we're doing on the field," he said.

The Carse controversy follows incidents involving Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson over the past year, adding to scrutiny of England's off-field behaviour.

Root removed the team's midnight curfew after returning as Test captain and remains convinced stricter restrictions are not the answer.

"I still don't believe that's the way to go," he said. "It's important we create something bigger than that."

Working alongside incoming head coach Stephen Fleming, Root wants England to establish a stronger culture and change their public image.

"Clearly, we're not portraying ourselves how we want to," he said. "We have an opportunity to build a culture that's very strong, something that we can be proud of."

Root acknowledged that rebuilding trust would take time, while refusing to speculate on Carse's potential punishment as the matter remains with the Cricket Regulator.

"We're going to have to earn a lot of trust back, and it's something that we're going to have to live and breathe consistently," he said.

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