#brendon-mccullum

#brendon-mccullum

They have reminded me of some of the students who have passed through the school where I teach: they get into the upper sixths and they're first-team cricketers, the big boys, very confident, dominating the team, playing good cricket, think they've cracked the code. Then they have a gap year and go travelling, and suddenly they realise there's a whole world out there, that life can be tough and things can be done differently.

There is no doubt that McCullum meant what he said on Sunday, however, repeating it in various ways to multiple outlets as he and Ben Stokes surveyed the wreckage. On one level you almost have to admire his commitment to the bit. As much as McCullum claims to block out external noise, he will have been all too aware of an England side that has become increasingly characterised as freewheeling and underprepared; unwilling to do the hard yards,

We met Brendon McCullum and his coaching staff a few weeks ago, said Wigglesworth. We had a sit down and a coffee in Manchester which was very enjoyable. I asked him a lot around how he changed mindsets in English cricket which was really interesting. But then we got into the technicalities of coaching someone one-on-one and what that looks like.