Brendon McCullum and Rob Key have been backed to lead England’s response to the grisly winter Ashes defeat in Australia, with Richard Gould, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, insisting that while it may not be a popular decision it is the right one.
At Lord’s on Monday, and with Key, the managing director of cricket, sitting next to him, Gould stressed that lessons have been learned from the 4-1 defeat and that the head coach in particular is willing to “adapt” and “evolve” his style. Even with an appetite for change among the public, the status quo holds, as revealed exclusively by the Guardian this month.
