There was a distinct New Zealand flavor to the new era for English cricket that was launched at Lord바카라s on Monday.
Brendon McCullum took his first training session as coach of the men바카라s test team that will be captained for the first time by Ben Stokes in England바카라s opening match of its international summer, starting Thursday.
The opponent will be New Zealand, where Stokes was born 바카라 he moved to England at the age of 12 바카라 and for whom McCullum is a cricket great.
바카라It바카라s already strange,바카라 New Zealand coach Gary Stead said of seeing McCullum take charge of England.
바카라I walked across the ground before, him and I walked together. I think he went into the right dressing room.바카라
As well as overseeing training from afar, McCullum was seen taking an active role by directing balls to a slip cordon for catching practice.
Having only retired in 2019, he is coaching a test team for the first time and has already had a major influence on English cricket. The attack-minded New Zealand team that McCullum captained provided the template for England바카라s World Cup-winning team of 2019.
England is hoping the same thing can happen in red-ball cricket.
바카라It takes time to play in that kind of fashion,바카라 batter Jonny Bairstow said. 바카라We saw it with the white-ball side, how that transition took a little bit of time to adapt to it.
바카라That바카라s the exciting part of it 바카라Š the way Ben plays his red-ball cricket and Bazza (McCullum) played his red-ball and white-ball cricket, I바카라m sure there will be things that rub off within the environment over the next few weeks, months and years.바카라
McCullum played 101 tests for New Zealand and was known for being an aggressive, expansive batter.
He has spoken of wanting to rid England of what he described as a 바카라fear of failure바카라 and introducing a more relaxed environment. The team has only won one of its last 17 tests and is in last place in the World Championship standings.
바카라He is someone I have always wanted to work with,바카라 Bairstow said of McCullum, 바카라someone who I played against and 바카라 growing up watching him 바카라 someone I was very intrigued by and looked up to in many ways because of the way he went about his cricket.
바카라I바카라m very excited about the prospect of working with him, hopefully for a long period of time.바카라
McCullum will have three days to get his ideas across to England바카라s players before the first of three tests against the Black Caps, the world champion in that format.
바카라I know Brendon will have a clear vision of how he wants them to play the game,바카라 Stead said. 바카라Whether that happens instantly or not, I guess it always takes a bit of time to embed those things. I바카라m not sure his impact right now will be as much as you see in a year바카라s time.바카라
