Brendon McCullum has claimed his England aspect “overprepared” for the second Ashes Take a look at, by which they fell to a thumping eight-wicket defeat by Australia on the Gabba.
England headed into the second Take a look at needing to point out some combat after their two-day loss within the first Take a look at in Perth, and whereas Joe Root did rating his first century in Australia, England had been roundly overwhelmed as they may solely set Australia 65 to win regardless of displaying extra resistance on day 4 in Brisbane.
That complete was chased down inside 10 overs, giving the hosts a 2-0 lead within the five-match collection.
Previous to the second Take a look at, questions had been raised over England’s preparation to face the pink ball within the day-night Take a look at, with some asking whether or not a few of their prime order batters, who had been struggling, ought to have headed to Canberra to play in a two-day match in opposition to a Prime Minister’s XI.
Nevertheless, England opted in opposition to this and their batting has continued to lift eyebrows after a top-order collapse late on day three had the vacationers limping in direction of one other heavy defeat.
Head coach McCullum believes England truly skilled “an excessive amount of” forward of the second Take a look at and can now take a look at altering his strategies to make sure they’re “contemporary” as they give the impression of being to avoid wasting the collection in Adelaide from December 16.
“We can have a beer tonight. I believe main into this Take a look at match I truly felt like we overprepared to be sincere,” McCullum advised 7Cricket.
“We had 5 intense coaching days and typically if you end up within the warmth of the battle, an important factor is to really feel just a little bit contemporary and ensure your prime two inches are utterly sound.
“I believe the boys simply want just a few days off and we most likely want to vary up just a few of the coaching strategies.
“I’m a horse racing man, and also you would not simply maintain doing the identical factor together with your horse.
“We are going to take a look at some various strategies over the subsequent couple of days. We’ve acquired a few days in Noosa so will probably be good to spend just a few days casually and let the mud choose what has been on what has been a fairly intense couple of weeks and begin enjoying our approach again into the collection.”
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