England's red-ball coach Brendon McCullum faced a barrage of criticism from former players and captains on Sunday after his team slumped to another crushing Ashes defeat by Australia. The hosts swept to an 82-run win in ​the third Ashes test at Adelaide Oval to retain the urn with two matches to spare. In a scathing column ‍for The Telegraph, former England batter Geoffrey Boycott said the high-risk philosophy the tourists had adopted under McCullum and captain Ben Stokes, nicknamed 'Bazball', had "run its race". Stokes ​and McCullum are like men digging a hole to nowhere. Former England captain Michael Vaughan also tore into the current team in his column in The Telegraph.

Source: The Telegraph December 21, 2025 16:50 UTC