This growth got here within the wake of England’s disheartening 0-4 Ashes defeat on Australian soil. The English males’s crew underwent a considerable reorganization, with McCullum taking cost because the Take a look at coach and Matthew Mott assuming the duties for white-ball cricket, thereby changing Chris Silverwood.
Along with these teaching adjustments, Take a look at captain Joe Root relinquished his captaincy, whereas Graham Thorpe, the crew’s batting mentor, and Ashley Giles, the managing director, additionally departed from their positions.
Ponting revealed that Rob Key, who was subsequently appointed because the director of males’s cricket for the England Cricket Board, approached him relating to the teaching alternative.
“I truly obtained requested earlier than Brendon took the job – there you go, you guys is perhaps the primary to seek out that out,” Ponting advised the Guerilla Cricket podcast.
“I did take some calls from Robert Key as quickly as he took over that job.”
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Nevertheless, Ponting, who’s the pinnacle coach of Indian Premier League facet Delhi Capitals, turned down the supply, as he desires to spend time together with his household.
“However I am simply not prepared for a full-time worldwide teaching job, the place I’m at in my life. Having travelled as a lot as I’ve, with younger children now, I simply do not wish to be away as a lot as I used to be.”
“And even speaking to Brendon, his household is barely simply arriving right this moment. When you’ve got children which are at school, shifting them round, that is not what I wish to do,” the previous Australian batter mentioned.
Led by new Take a look at captain Ben Stokes and coached by McCullum, England have embraced an aggressive and fearless type of cricket, aptly termed ‘Bazball’ by an English cricket journalist, drawing inspiration from McCullum’s nickname ‘Baz’.
Since their management took cost, the England Take a look at crew has undergone a outstanding transformation, profitable 11 out of their 13 matches.
Regardless of their latest success, England confronted a setback within the opening Ashes Take a look at at Edgbaston, the place they suffered a slim two-wicket defeat. Nevertheless, with the second Ashes Take a look at set to begin at Lord’s on Wednesday, the crew can be wanting to bounce again and proceed their spectacular type underneath the dynamic duo of Stokes and McCullum.
