[ad_1] Brendon McCullum was denied entry into Headingley as he did not have a pass.© AFP Trailing 0-2 in the five-match series, hosts England are currently squaring off against Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley in Leeds. The Ben Stokes-led side need nothing less than a win to keep their series hopes alive. … Read more
[ad_1] England’s head coach Brendon McCullum thinks that Alex Carey’s controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lords will “affect” the remaining three matches of Ashes. The final day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground witnessed a debatable moment in the 52nd over when Australia wicket-keeper Alex Carey ran out England batter Jonny … Read more
[ad_1] Australia’s former cricketer Ed Cowan called out England’s ‘hypocrisy’ over their stand on the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow in the second test match of the Ashes. On the final day of the second Ashes test, a debate started on the cricketing fair play as Australia’s Alex Carey stumped Bairstow at 10 runs off 22 … Read more
[ad_1] Brendon McCullum had dismissed Chris Mpofu in a similar fashion back in 2005.© Twitter England batter Jonny Bairstow‘s controversial dismissal on Day 5 of the second Ashes Test hogged all the limelight as Australia players were booed by spectators at Lord’s. Bairstow was given out as Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw the ball at … Read more
[ad_1] Ben Stokes has been under the scanner for his captaincy after England’s defeat.© AFP England captain Ben Stokes has been under the scanner for his captaincy after Australia won the first Ashes Test by 2 wickets at Edgbaston earlier this week. The narrow loss left England 0-1 down in the five-match Ashes contest as … Read more
[ad_1] Australia’s World Cup winning captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he was approached for the England Test coaching role before Brendon McCullum took over last year. After an embarrassing 0-4 Ashes defeat Down Under, the England men’s team set up went through a massive overhaul with McCullum and Matthew Mott replacing Chris Silverwood as … Read more
[ad_1] Brendon McCullum, the current head coach of the England cricket Test team, has confirmed that the 33-year-old pace bowler Mark Wood will come into contention for selection at Lord’s after missing the first Test. With James Anderson’s struggle to find rhythm in the first Test match of the Ashes 2023, Wood could come in … Read more
[ad_1] England head coach Brendon McCullum defended wicket-keeper batter Jonny Bairstow’s performance despite his errors in the first Ashes Test, which England lost by two wickets, adding “at No. 7 is a real weapon for us.” Bairstow was guilty of failing to go for Usman Khawaja’s catch in James Anderson’s second innings over while the … Read more
[ad_1] Despite a two-wicket setback against Australia, England head coach Brendon McCullum feels the first Ashes Test “validated” his team’s aggressive strategy and expects his side to “go a little harder” in the second Test at Lord’s next week. England scored 4.61 runs per over and targeted Australia’s bowlers from the first ball when Zak … Read more
[ad_1] Australia are fresh from being crowned the world Test champions.© AFP Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin feels that England’s wish of playing on flat and fast wickets for the five-match Ashes series could backfire. With the first Test set to begin on Friday, June 16, England captain Ben Stokes declared he wanted “fast, flat … Read more