England hasn’t had a good time in Australia for the Ashes 2025-26, as the Australians have already smashed them in two Tests. However, the English team is unwilling to change their lineup for the impending third Test at the Adelaide Oval. Despite the setbacks, their head coach, Brendon McCullum, is confident in his present lineup.
McCullum is not upset with the English batters’ efforts in the series or in recent seasons.
He believes that the circumstances in Adelaide will also benefit their batting core, therefore he has no plans to change anything that appears to be’settled’.
“From our point of view, we’ve had a top seven now for a period of time and we’ve been reasonably successful with it. These conditions should suit the style of batters that we’ve got as well. We know we haven’t got enough runs so far in this series. We’ve been in positions where we could have and made some mistakes, and that can happen at times.” McCullum said as per.
“But for us to go on and win this series, it’s not about throwing out what has been successful for us over the last few years. It’s about having more conviction. It’s about making sure we have our plans and our disciplines around it just screwed down a touch more; making sure when we walk out there, we have utter belief in what we are capable of achieving. Knee-jerk reactions, and chopping and changing settled batting line-ups, is not really our way,” McCullum added.
Despite the head coach’s statement, the problem seems much bigger than the dugout actually feels. Throughout the series, Joe Root is the only English batter who has shown some form with a hundred in Brisbane. Apart from him, only Zak Crawley and Harry Brook have managed a fifty-plus score. As a result, it will become fascinating to see if McCullum’s faith reaps rewards in the series going forward.
The third Test is to commence on December 17 at the Adelaide Oval, and in order to keep the series alive, the Ben Stokes-led side is in a dire need to win.
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