Michael Vaughan is aghast at the 'stupidity' of England's late-night drinkers and believes senior players have serious questions to answer.
The former Ashes-winning captain was speaking after Ben Duckett was handed a maximum fine, banned from playing for the remainder of England Lions' trip and issued with a final written warning for pouring beer over James Anderson.
Vaughan is incredulous that, on their first night back in Perth and after the Ashes squad's curfew was lifted, 10 of them joined Lions colleagues in the very same bar which was the scene of Jonny Bairstow's 'headbutt' greeting for Australia opener Cameron Bancroft.
"To think you've gone back to the same bar where the Bairstow incident happened, the first night you're back in town, it's just stupid," Vaughan said.
"You can't fathom the mentality of a group of people who suddenly say 'Right, we're going out, we've found a venue, and you know what, we're going back (to) the Avenue bar'.
"You have one or two bad eggs and let's be honest, they act like students when they go out, big trays of shots."
He advocates one appropriate response for further transgressions.
"How can (director) Andrew Strauss or (captain) Joe Root stop someone being an idiot?" he said.
"It's got to the stage that every single England cricketer needs to be sat in a room and (told) if you bring any bad PR on the team you just get sent home.
"I agree with (coach) Trevor Bayliss. If he feels he's got to get rid of a few people, that's what he's got to do."
He has little time either for the "excuse" that social media puts players in an impossible position.
"It winds me up when I hear this social media is the problem," Vaughan said.
"Social media didn't pour a drink over someone's head; social media didn't punch someone in the street in Bristol; social media didn't introduce himself with a headbutt.
"Social media didn't release what happened on Thursday night. It's an easy excuse.
"The perception of this England side is that they drink and party too much. There's only one way to deal with it - don't do it."
