Fast bowler Josh Tongue said skipper Joe Root's connection to the England players astir their off-field behaviour has "100%" been heeded.
On Tuesday, Root said helium was "hacked off" that Brydon Carse had go the latest England subordinate progressive successful a late-night drinking controversy.
The skipper besides revealed helium had addressed the squad earlier they began grooming successful mentation for the 2nd Test against Pakistan astatine Lord's, opening connected Thursday.
"It was a chat that was needed, a precise bully chat from Rooty," Tongue told BBC Sport.
"He was precise wide connected the connection of what it is similar to beryllium an England cricketer. We're precise privileged to enactment connected that England garment and we privation to amusement kids increasing up however bully it is to play for England successful beforehand of thousands of people."
Carse has been removed from the England squad for the 2nd Test aft helium was concisely arrested portion connected a nighttime retired successful Derby connected Saturday.
Footage of the 31-year-old successful handcuffs and surrounded by constabulary officers appeared connected societal media connected Sunday.
He was yet de-arrested, but the England and Wales Cricket Board person referred the substance to the Cricket Regulator, and the Regulator's probe has resulted successful Carse's lack from the squad for Lord's.
It is the latest successful a drawstring of controversies involving the England men's squad implicit the past 10 months.
Only past week, earlier the archetypal Test successful his 2nd spell arsenic captain, Root called connected his players to be "really bully relation models and bully quality beings".
This week, Root made nary effort to fell his vexation astatine "stupid mistakes".
On what Root said to the players, Tongue revealed: "He was honorable with america each successful the changing room. He said it straight. As soon arsenic that chat was finished, our absorption was afloat connected these adjacent 5 days."
Asked if the connection had "landed", Nottinghamshire's Tongue replied: "Yeah, 100%. What has happened successful the past is the past and we request to effort to determination connected from that."
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