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Australian cricket great Merv Hughes has poked a veiled swipe at England, telling Ben Stokes' side to 'understand the rules of cricket' in a bizarre rant about whether both sides will share a drink together after the 2025 Ashes series concludes. While the facts of what took place are to this day contested, a source close to the Aussie team branded England 'pathetic' following the 2023 Ashes series, claiming that the tourists did not let the visitors into their dressing rooms to share a traditional post-series drink. It came in the wake of Jonny Bairstow's controversial stumping by Alex Carey at Lord's, an incident which soured relationships between both sets of players, with England claiming that it was not in the spirit of cricket....read