Brendon McCullum is not exactly Charlotte Dujardin when it comes to working his stable. After cancelling training on Wednesday, the England head coach opted to give his players just a brief run out 24 hours before the third Test against West Indies; a quickfire session that was done by midday and then moved to Little Aston golf club.
This laissez-faire approach has very much been the way under McCullum and Ben Stokes over the past two and a bit years, the pair judging training by quality rather than quantity. In terms of individual preparation, players can dictate their own schedule to a degree; they can ask a coach to facilitate an extra hit if they feel undercooked, equally, if cherry ripe, they can decide not to come to the ground at all.
