Brendon McCullum’s regime may be unravelling but there is rarely any suggestion of what to do next and how the team can be improved
Overprepared. Overconfident. Overblown. Over there. And now just over. We know how this goes from here, don’t we? We know this cycle.
The days since England’s defeat in Brisbane have boiled down to a real-time competition to become the hate-click boss, to describe in the most sensual, eviscerating detail the depth of England’s badness – not just at cricket, but at the molecular, existential level.
Written by Barney Ronay
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