Brendon McCullum confident England can throw off batting blues for Ashes

Simon Burnton at Sky Stadium Sat, 1 November 2025 at 11:53 am UTC·3 min read Brendon McCullum has predicted England’s batters will have no trouble shaking off the woes that have dogged their white-ball tour of New Zealand in time for the Ashes. Their top order crumbled yet again on the way to a third successive defeat in Wellington on Saturday and several key members of the Test squad, including Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett and Joe Root, have struggled badly in recent one-day internationals. But the team’s head coach believes their troubles are limited to the 50-over format. “It’s a different form of the game and...