It was an accomplished first outing for Brendon McCullum, the new England Test head coach. After a year of rest and rotation, conflicting priorities and a heavy slab of overthink, McCullum also wants to get the Test team back to playing the match in front of them. More loftily came a desire to get England competing at the top of the rankings for the sake of Test cricket’s future itself. England’s most recent Test ended in series defeat by West Indies celebrated by Kraigg Brathwaite (foreground right) and John Campbell. “He plays the game how I like it to be played and puts bums on seats,” McCullum said.

Source: Stuff May 28, 2022 09:49 UTC