5 hours ago Following the events surrounding the decision astatine The Oval, England erstwhile again find themselves nether unit for their results connected the transportation and behaviour disconnected it.
Stokes, McCullum and manager of cricket Rob Key were each backed pursuing the hammering successful Australia.
However, sitting level with New Zealand astatine 1-1 aft 2 matches, England are astatine hazard of losing different bid – they person won lone 2 of their past 9 Tests.
A bid decision against the Kiwis would beryllium lone their 2nd astatine location since 2014 – besides a nonaccomplishment to New Zealand, successful 2021. England person not mislaid a location bid of astatine slightest 3 Tests since they were beaten by South Africa 14 years ago.
"Anyone tin pb erstwhile it's easy," said McCullum. "The existent relationship of a person oregon enactment radical is to beryllium capable to pb erstwhile times are difficult.
"I retrieve talking to Eoin Morgan aft 2015 World Cup, and you cognize however adjacent I americium with him. He came to maine and asked me: 'What bash you deliberation I should do?'
"I said: 'Tough times don't last, but pugnacious blokes do.' And I deliberation it's nary antithetic - you've got to beryllium prepared to spell done immoderate pugnacious times knowing that if you're capable to navigate done that, and clasp the fort and clasp your nerve, past there's immoderate bully worldly to come."
McCullum again addressed the presumption of England's midnight curfew, aft admitting to immoderate "ambiguity" successful the aftermath of the decision astatine The Oval.
The curfew was introduced pursuing respective off-field controversies during the Ashes.
Though the incidental involving Stokes and Atkinson took spot aft the archetypal Test had ended, England said the curfew was inactive successful place.
However, Key revealed Atkinson claimed to not cognize it was successful operation.
"It's precise good documented present the constituent astir not conscionable the curfew but our standards astir protocols and each those sorts of things," said McCullum.
"Time and spot is important to beryllium capable to bask yourself and we'll ever effort to promote that.
"But excess is not what we're aft and erstwhile mistakes are made you request to marque definite you robust them retired and past we determination guardant arsenic a team. That's wherever we're astatine at the moment."
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