New Zealander faces ludicrous schedule but his new role brings welcome certainty for the players
At the end of the final Test of the summer, against Sri Lanka starting on Friday at the Oval, Brendon McCullum will go home to New Zealand for what is being called a short break. The calm before the storm. In the 25 months since his appointment– they have played eight more Tests than anyone else – he has spent plenty of time there, striking a balance between feet up at home and feet up on Test ground balconies. All that is about to change.
In practice that is how it may remain: there is surely a chance McCullum will be the first England coach for whom attendance at every match is not compulsory. His job, after all, is not really to provide tactical or technical analysis, to direct field placings or to pinpoint useful matchups. His task is to create a positive environment.
He sees his role as being to challenge orthodoxies. Why should training sessions be compulsory? Why can’t a Test team score at five an over? Why should our opening batter have the same approach as all the other opening batters? More than anything, why does everyone take everything so seriously?. “We want an environment where you want to turn up to work, have a good time, be the best version of yourself, push the boundaries of what you’re capable of. That’s our focus.
Contract signed, the 42‑year‑old said: “Rob Key’s vision for the future of English cricket is something that really resonated with me.” Job done.
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