Brendon McCullum will ask his England players to do as he says and not as he did in their bid to become the No.1 side in the world.
With his first Test in charge less than a week away, the New Zealander strolled around the home of cricket this morning for the first time since landing his job before revealing how he would try to turn things around in his first red-ball coaching role. And with the lofty ambition of reaching the top of the rankings firmly in his sights, McCullum admitted his gung-ho, fearless style as a player was not how he would be running things as a coach.
“I’m very different as a coach to how I was as a player,” said McCullum. “I like to allow guys to get to where they need to, to realise their potential rather than play how I played. It’s not for everyone, that style. Your job as coach is to understand everyone’s games, understand them as people, get to know them and understand their aspirations.
