India, Dec. 30 -- England's Ashes tour drama has taken another twist, with the ECB privately concluding there is no disciplinary case to answer over the much-discussed Noosa trip that followed their defeat in Adelaide.

The episode had threatened to become an unwanted subplot to a series England had already lost on the field. Reports in the UK had portrayed the four-day break on Queensland's Sunshine Coast as resembling a "stag-do", prompting questions about professionalism, timing and optics - especially with England chasing form, confidence and cohesion in brutal Australian conditions.

At the heart of the furore was a video of batter Ben Duckett that appeared to show him heavily intoxicated and slurring while interacting with a fan. Th...