Former England captain Michael Vaughan stated that Harry Brook should have been excluded from the One-Day International (ODI) against New Zealand following an altercation involving Brook and a bouncer prior to the Ashes series.
Vaughan made these remarks on Fox Cricket during the Melbourne derby. He suggested that the incident being kept quiet by England's leadership raised questions and could have negatively impacted the Ashes series due to a lack of immediate resolution and consequence.
Vaughan emphasized the importance of addressing such situations promptly and speculated that the leadership group might retrospectively acknowledge a need for different management.
Harry Brook received a $60,000 fine for his involvement in the altercation. The details of the incident were not publicly disclosed until after the Ashes series had concluded.