Brendon McCullum: England will ‘go hard’ at India after 10-day rest without cricket kit

The boys have worked incredibly hard in Abu Dhabi keeping in mind they all came here with a lot of cricket under their belt as well. Later in the tour, there is another long break, during which England will stay in India. McCullum promised England would return ready to “drop the shoulder” – a rugby expression in his native New Zealand which means to aggressively charge at the opposition. “I was talking to Rahul Dravid [the India coach] and he mentioned all his boys are shooting home as well,” he said. We’ve played some really good cricket over the last two Test matches.