England star Ben Duckett appears to be drunk during Ashes tour of Australia – as video emerges of batsman alone and seemingly lost when asked if he knows where he is staying

A video of England opener Ben Duckett appearing drunk on a night out during the ongoing Ashes tour has surfaced online.

In the video, formerly circulating on Twitter, Duckett is seen alone and asked if he needs any help to get back safely.

It is not clear when the video was filmed, but during the chat an England fan said: “We are losing 2-0”, indicating that it may have been between the second and third tests of the current series.

Australia won the second Test at the Gabba in Brisbane on 7 December by eight wickets, and the third Test in Adelaide did not start until 17 December; This means there is a ten-day window in which video can be recorded.

Tourists spent four days between Tests in the resort town of Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, known for its stunning beaches, to escape the rigors of the Ashes tour and return rejuvenated.

But the break proved to be in vain as England crashed out the Ashes series 3-0 by 82 runs at the Adelaide Oval and handed over the jar with two Tests to play. Duckett has averaged 16.16 runs in six innings so far, with a top score of 29.

In the video, he is seen alone and disappears when asked if he knows where he is staying

Duckett was seen practicing on day one of the Third Test match in Adelaide, Australia

In the video, three passersby ask Duckett if he wants them to order an Uber ride home.

When asked if he knew where he was staying, the 31-year-old actor replied: “No.”

A male England fan jeers at Duckett and says, ‘Want me to send you an Uber to the nets, bro?’, mocking England’s poor batting displays in the first two Tests.

Duckett’s response was to call him an “asshole” and say “no one knows who you are.”

The left-handed opener confirms his identity by slurring his words.

In a brief statement, an ECB spokesperson told Daily Mail Sport: ‘We are aware of the content circulating on social media.

‘We have high expectations for behavior, recognize that players are often under intense levels of scrutiny, and have established processes we follow when behavior falls below expectations. We also support players who need help.

‘We will not comment further at this stage while we establish the facts.’

Ben Stokes (left) and teammate Matthew Potts are photographed during the team’s break at Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, which is currently the subject of an investigation by the team.

England stars relax at tourist destination after losing second Test in Brisbane

England chief executive Rob Key said it would be “completely unacceptable” if team members were found to have been drinking excessively

The emergence of the video comes just hours after the UK launched an investigation into claims a trip to Noosa turned into a beer-drinking stag party.

General manager Rob Key insisted the players were on their best behavior during the match, but said reports of heavy drinking would be investigated and admitted: ‘For an international cricket team, excessive drinking is not something I would expect to see at any stage.’

He added: ‘If they’re drinking too much and it’s for a hen do, all that sort of thing is totally unacceptable.

‘I’m not a drinker and I don’t think the drinking culture helps anyone in any way.

‘If the aim was to escape, throw away your phone, put down the tools and head to the beach, I have no problem with a trip to Noosa.

‘We’ve added security and there are enough ways to find out exactly what’s going on.

‘Everything I’ve ever heard was that they sat down, had lunch, had dinner, didn’t go out until late, had the odd drink. I don’t care about this.

‘If it exceeds that level, then that’s a problem for me.’

With the fourth Test kicking off in Melbourne on Boxing Day and England struggling to avoid a third 5-0 drubbing in six trips to Australia, the trip to Noosa is an unwelcome distraction and the headlines have certainly raised the eyebrows of ECB officials at Lord’s.

Duckett’s alleged incident came after he was sent home from England’s 2017-18 Ashes tour to Australia for spilling a drink on teammate James Anderson.

Duckett struggles off the field after losing his wicket in the second innings in Adelaide

Duckett, then 23 and playing for the England Lions, was suspended for the remainder of the tour following the incident and also received a fine and a final written warning.

Then-England coach Trevor Bayliss described it as ‘minor’ but the team management were left furious over another off-field misdemeanor.

England were previously seen imposing a midnight curfew on the tour following a series of incidents, but last year Duckett revealed he was not the one who initiated it.

‘Jimmy actually spilled a drink on me but no one knows that,’ he said Last Word podcast.

‘And then he said, ‘ah, we’re just messing around. You can throw one at my head. No problem.’ Really. I then poured one on his head and the security guard saw me from the ECB who was taking care of us and he floated back too.

‘That was basically the story. We continued the rest of the night together, getting along well. This is the story that emerges. Then of course when things start coming out in the media and everyone starts saying them, everyone believes it that way. And as soon as a story or headline appeared, ‘then that’s what happened.’

‘But then you can’t come out and say what I just said because I’m a young lad trying to get into the England team. He’s one of England’s best ever players, you know? And people didn’t really want to hear me.

‘It was actually a really difficult time. People look back and probably see that it was funny and stuff like that. But when you’re in Australia and you’re kind of told you can’t go to training, you can’t play, it’s a lonely place.

‘And since you’re in Australia, you don’t get much sympathy from anyone, do you? But yeah, it was one of those things that felt like your world was ending. Time difference, you don’t talk to your family much. The kids around me in that group at the time were amazing.’