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Head Coach Urges England to Show Strength in Ashes Series<\/strong><\/p>\n England’s head coach, Brendon McCullum, emphasized the need for his team to remain tough as they face a critical moment in the ongoing Ashes series. With the team currently trailing 0-2 after losses in Perth and Brisbane, England finds itself in a must-win situation as the series progresses.<\/p>\n Captain Ben Stokes previously highlighted that there is no place for weak personalities in the squad under his leadership. McCullum reinforced this sentiment, stating that commitment is essential for any chance to turn things around.<\/p>\n “You can’t feel sorry for yourself in these situations,” he said. “This is not the kind of place where you can afford to be anything less than fully dedicated to the task at hand.”<\/p>\n Strength Is Key<\/strong><\/p>\n Since taking over as head coach in early 2022, McCullum has urged his players to demonstrate both strength and resilience, particularly in a competitive environment like Australia. He noted, “You simply can’t afford to back down. This is a tough place, and if you come here with doubts, you won’t succeed. You have to be strong and push through.”<\/p>\n Historically, England struggles in Australia, having lost 15 of their last 17 Tests since winning the Ashes in the 2010-11 series. The latest match saw Joe Root score his first Test century in Australia, but it wasn’t enough to avoid an eight-wicket defeat.<\/p>\n With the series now down to a crucial point, England has just over a week to regroup before the third Test, scheduled for December 17 at the Adelaide Oval. <\/p>\n As the team prepares, McCullum\u2019s call for strength and commitment may be the rallying cry England needs to ignite a comeback.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Head Coach Urges England to Show Strength in Ashes Series England’s head coach, Brendon McCullum, emphasized the need for his team to remain tough as they face a critical moment in the ongoing Ashes series. With the team currently trailing 0-2 after losses in Perth and Brisbane, England finds itself in a must-win situation as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[27969,7855,7854,1319,27968],"class_list":["post-22005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ashes","tag-aus-vs-eng","tag-australia-vs-england","tag-ben-stokes","tag-brendon-mccullum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}