Keep an eye out for one of the horses running in the Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa near Hamilton on Saturday. It is an eight-year-old gelding co-owned by England’s Kiwi head coach, Brendon McCullum, and named, rather aptly, Defibrillate.
There is little question that over the past nine months McCullum has helped jolt England’s previously flatlining Test team back to life, their run of nine wins from 10 since his arrival built on fast scoring with the bat and innovation in field, all in the image of their ultra-aggressive captain, Ben Stokes.
