England face fresh scrutiny after team guards altercation with media

ENGLAND'S troubled Ashes campaign has drawn further attention following an incident involving a member of the team’s security staff and a Channel Seven cameraman at Brisbane airport.

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The altercation occurred yesterday as the England squad was preparing to travel to Adelaide ahead of the third Test, scheduled to begin on Wednesday.

Footage shared by Australia’s Channel 7 shows a member of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) security team confronting a cameraman during the check-in process. In the video, the ECB security guard is heard repeatedly telling the cameraman to step back.

Channel 7 described the exchange as ‘aggressive’, while images published by CODE Sports appear to show the security official standing back as the cameraman continued filming. The ECB chose not to comment on the incident, which sections of the Australian media have nonetheless seized upon as another setback in what has been portrayed as a difficult tour for England.