An England team previously urged to live in the moment now has permission to switch attention to the Ashes, with the head coach, Brendon McCullum, confident the current “cattle” and strategy represent their best bet for winning back the urn.
In contrast to his playing days, the New Zealander’s default since taking the job last May has been to largely dead-bat any talk of Australia’s tour this summer, preferring that a once ailing Test side focus solely on forging the aggressive identity laid out by himself and the captain, Ben Stokes.
