England's head coach Brendon McCullum acknowledged his players' lack of confidence during their seven-wicket loss to South Africa but insisted the heavy defeat in India ahead of the tournament had not impacted their morale, despite the team ending its Champions Trophy campaign winless. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
The loss to South Africa marked England's seventh consecutive ODI defeat, extending their longest losing streak since the 2000/2001 season, when they suffered 11 straight losses.
In India, England were beaten in both the T20 and ODI series.
바카라No 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,바카라 McCullum told a media conference.
McCullum acknowledged that his team came into the Champions Trophy with high hopes of making a strong finish, but their performance was disappointing.
바카라But we were very poor and it is very disappointing. But we saw tonight that we couldn바카라t withstand the pressure and players lacked confidence,바카라 he said.
The New Zealand coach emphasized that England had a lot of work to do, stressing the need to find ways to ensure the players step onto the field with confidence.
바카라Give 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." Asked about the next England captain and whether separate captains would be appointed for T20 and ODI cricket, McCullum said he would have an answer after a couple of weeks.
He also declined to comment on whether players like Sam Curran and Sam Billings, who were not part of the Champions Trophy squad, could be considered for the role due to their experience.
It was a dismal end to Jos Buttler's ODI captaincy. Buttler had stepped down following England's loss to Afghanistan.
McCullum said: 바카라It is natural how he is feeling as he cares so much and is sad he couldn바카라t 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.바카라
McCullum noted that players like Harry Brook and Jamie Smith need to learn lessons from the tournament and not allow the experience to affect their confidence.
바카라My 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.바카라
The former Test captain also admitted they had come to India and into the tournament stacked with batsmen and a reliance on fast bowlers and might have not got it right but one has to have conviction in his plans.
바카라Look 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.바카라
