By: Sports DeskDecember 14, 2025 01:21 AM IST 3 min readEngland’s security staff has been accused by members of Australian media of clashing with their camerapersons in Brisbane as the team left the city for Adelaide where the third Test will be played from December 17. England are trailing 2-0 in the five-match series, having lost both the first and second Tests by eight wickets.Videos posted by Channel 7 show a member of England’s security personnel confronting the broadcaster’s camera person as they try to get a shot of the touring players at the airport. The security guard can be seen pushing the camera person in one clip. A Channel 7 reporter can be heard saying while the clips play out that the camera operator was respecting the “unwritten rule” of not getting too close to the players.The reporter later says the relationship between the England players and the Australian media had been ammicable in the week leading up to the trip, which the visitors had spent Noosa for a mid-series break. That trip itself had invited some criticism back home, with visuals of players enjoying some down time at the beach being derided due to where they sit in the series. It hence came as a surprise to the media personnel that they had been treated in this manner at the airport.England have been accused of going into the series underprepared, playing a single warm-up game against England Lions in the run-up to the first Test and choosing to rest their first team players in a practice game under lights against the Prime Minster’s XI in Canberra. After the defeat in the first Test, though, England opted for five training sessions ahead of the day-night Test at the Gabba. Once they lost their, head coach Brendon McCullum said that they had perhaps “over-prepared” for the second Test. England have maintained that they made no mistakes in the way they prepared for the first Test.Former Australia captain Michael Clarke, however, said that there were telltale signs in the second Test pointing to England’s lack of preparedness. “When you’re dropping catches, that’s concentration. Heavy legs on the bowlers, bowling your second or third spell… that’s time on your feet in the field,” he said on Code Sports.“So yes, England might have hit enough balls in the nets and bowled enough balls, but for me, they hadn’t played enough long-form cricket leading into this series, and that’s why I think their preparation’s been questioned.”Stay updated with the latest sports news across Cricket, Football, Chess, and more. Catch all the action with real-time live cricket score updates and in-depth coverage of ongoing matches.© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:The Ashes