England’s head coach, Brendon McCullum, admits that England’s basketball approach will need a sort of refinement after their recent 4-1 loss to India.
Team India dominated the entire series with the bat and ball even after losing the first test match of the series by 28 runs. Many of the fans and experts around the cricketing world slammed England’s Bazball approach for their loss in the series.
In his interaction with the Telegraph, Brendon McCullum admitted that there are certain areas in which their team needs to improve, and they would try to fix them before the cricket season.
Brendon McCullum said “When you are exposed to the way we have been here, you know that you have to get better in some areas,” he said. “The next couple of months will be us working out that and making sure when we come to the summer we are a more refined version of what we are at the moment.
McCullum further added, “In the last two years, we have done pretty well to get from where we were to where we are now. We’ve discovered a lot about our side and the talent within English cricket. We’ve seen some guys who have really grown in that period of time. But we have to keep growing because there are many very skilled cricketers around the world and many very good cricket teams. If we stay where we are, we’re not going to be good enough to be able to go toe-to-toe with them.”
Brendon McCullum also praised Team India, saying that England were completely outplayed by the style of cricket that they wanted to play.
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Brendon McCullum said, “Credit to India for the way that they played. They are always under a lot of pressure as well because of the expectations on their side, and for them to be able to handle that during those moments shows how good a cricket team they are in their own conditions; they probably outplayed us at the style of cricket that we want to play and made us start to retreat a little bit, so that’s something that we will have to change.”
McCullum further added, “We didn’t get what we came here for. We’ve learned a lot from this tour. India outplayed us; they outskilled us, and in the clutch moments, it was just too good for us, really.”
