England’s head coach Brendon McCullum addressed their Champions Trophy campaign, which ended and not using a win, together with a seven-wicket defeat to South Africa on Saturday. Despite the workforce’s seventh consecutive ODI loss, their longest run of defeats since 2000/2001, McCullum maintained that their prior losses in India hadn’t affected workforce morale.
England suffered defeats in each T20 and ODI series in India earlier than the ICC occasion.
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“No, I felt India was a very good preparation for such a tournament. Yes we were beaten comfortably by India but it was good preparation for a major tournament,” McCullum said at a press convention.
He admitted that while the workforce had excessive expectations for the Champions Trophy, their efficiency fell brief of expectations.
“But we were very poor and it is very disappointing. But we saw tonight that we couldn’t withstand the pressure and players lacked confidence,” he noticed.
The coach highlighted the substantial work forward, notably in constructing participant confidence earlier than matches.
“Give me a couple of weeks. I will be meeting with Rob Key and ECB officials to find out the best way forward and make sure we can see improvement in white ball cricket and we are very thorough about it.”
Regarding management positions, McCullum indicated he would supply readability about T20 and ODI captaincy appointments within the coming weeks. Jos Buttler’s ODI captaincy concluded disappointingly, following his resignation after England’s loss to Afghanistan.
McCullum remarked: “It is natural how he is feeling as he cares so much and is sad he couldn’t get the best out of the guys. But it gives us an opportunity to move forward and find ways to do well as per the style of cricket we play. Jos remains a big player for us.”
He emphasised that youthful gamers reminiscent of Harry Brook and Jamie Smith ought to be taught from this event while sustaining their confidence.
“My main concern is to ensure no negativity bleeds into our big Test cricket summer and at same time ensure guys who have been successful before their confidence levels remain high.”
McCullum acknowledged their technique of favouring batsmen and quick bowlers may need been incorrect, regardless of having conviction of their plans.
“Look we have to learn hard lessons from here and in the next few weeks I have confidence we will work it out because of the talent we have in English cricket not just here but otherwise also.”