Professionalism A Priority After Ashes - Duckett

England opener Ben Duckett says greater professionalism this summertime will beryllium a awesome "priority" for him pursuing a wintertime Ashes bid blighted by off-the-field issues.

Australia clinched nan Test bid 4-1 to clasp nan urn but nan disappointment of England's conclusion was compounded by claims of excessive drinking by players, particularly during a break betwixt matches successful nan coastal municipality of Noosa.

One video which emerged connected societal media appeared to show Duckett drunk and nan 31-year-old acknowledged connected nan eve of nan English region play that aspects of his behaviour fell beneath nan required standard.

"If we're winning that series, it's astir apt not news and nary 1 cares. If Travis Head's successful that video, everyone's astir apt perfectly loving it," Duckett said.

"We were struggling arsenic a side, I was struggling arsenic a player. But you shouldn't beryllium getting yourself aliases putting yourself successful a position for illustration that. Any quality being, fto unsocial a master sportsman.

"I deliberation it's nary concealed that we tin decidedly tighten up connected immoderate areas and I deliberation that will beryllium nan lawsuit moving forward. And to beryllium honest, I'm each for it."

Duckett has withdrawn from nan Indian Premier League successful an effort to clasp connected to his spot successful nan England broadside and will alternatively play successful nan early rounds of nan County Championship for Nottinghamshire.

He is readying to speak to England coach Brendon McCullum successful nan adjacent mates of weeks but "does not know" if will beryllium successful nan XI for nan first Test against New Zealand successful June.

The left-handed batter struggled for shape towards nan extremity of past summertime and deed conscionable 1 half-century successful 16 innings crossed each formats this winter.

In nan Ashes he made 202 runs successful 10 Test innings astatine 20.20 pinch a apical people of 42.

Duckett said it's "not a secret" that professionalism is thing he's "struggled pinch passim my career" but has ever been consenting to "hold his hands up" erstwhile he's transgressed.

During nan 2017-18 Ashes, erstwhile Duckett was portion of a England Lions circuit shadowing nan main squad, he infamously poured a portion complete nan caput of James Anderson successful a Perth bar.

However, nan Nottinghamshire batter hopes placing a greater accent connected fittingness and being successful nan correct framework of mind will forestall his world profession from ending earlier he wants it to.

"Throughout nan Ashes I was moving difficult and I don't deliberation I was successful really bad style but I've ever benignant of gone up and down pinch it [fitness levels]," Duckett explained.

"I deliberation astatine 26, 27 aliases 28 you tin get distant pinch it. Whereas I'm evidently getting older now.

"I decidedly want to make that a privilege moving forward. I want to prolong playing cricket for England and nan master broadside of that is surely going to help."

Duckett and England accelerated bowler Josh Tongue are group to beryllium retired Nottinghamshire's opening lucifer of nan play against Somerset, which starts connected Friday, 3 April, but should beryllium backmost for nan pursuing week's sojourn of Glamorgan to Trent Bridge.

"I'll conscionable do everything I tin complete nan adjacent 4 aliases 5 weeks to make judge I'm successful nan champion style of my life," Duckett added.

"I can't committedness that I'm going to mean 75 for Notts successful these games, but giving everything I tin to successful this small artifact and conscionable spot wherever we spell from there."