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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton

Brendon McCullum defends tactics and blames England defeat on bad luck

A dropped chance to remove Nathan Lyon leaves the seated Ben Stokes and England’s fans dejected
A dropped chance to remove Nathan Lyon leaves the seated Ben Stokes and England’s fans dejected. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Brendon McCullum has insisted that England’s thrilling, narrow defeat against Australia in the first Ashes Test has not tarnished his team’s freewheeling approach to the game.

McCulllum said that despite sustaining the third defeat of his 14 matches as red-ball coach he had “had an absolutely amazing time”, and that it was only a bit of bad luck in key moments that denied them victory.

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