{"id":193667,"date":"2026-07-15T11:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193667"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:54:32","slug":"harry-brook-praises-awesome-departing-test-coach-brendon-mccullum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193667","title":{"rendered":"Harry Brook praises \u2018awesome\u2019 departing Test coach Brendon McCullum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71227072\">England\u2019s white-ball captain Harry Brook can be considered the best embodiment of Brendon McCullum\u2019s aggressive \u2018Bazball\u2019 approach. The Kiwi\u2019s sacking as England\u2019s Test coach has visibly shaken Brook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has played a massive part in my career,\u201d Brook said, after the six-wicket defeat to India in the first ODI in Birmingham. \u201cI have only ever played under him, and he has been awesome for me. The things he did for the Test side when he first came in, and in the last few years, have been phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By McCullum\u2019s own admission, results weren\u2019t good enough, with England having lost seven of its past nine Tests. Brook said it was understandable why McCullum \u2013 who is continuing as the ODI and T20I coach \u2013 said that he had let the team down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is always that sense of letting the team down. Today [Tuesday] I felt that way after scoring just one run. You always feel like that when you know you didn\u2019t play as well as you can. That is part of the game. You are in results business and you have to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/eng-vs-ind-2nd-odi-cardiff-july-16-preview-team-news-match-updates-three-match-series-squads\/article71226599.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">ENG vs IND, 2nd ODI: India looks to build on positives, seal series<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s Washington Sundar is one cricketer who has found similar backing from his coach Gautam Gambhir. Washington, who is now an all-format cricketer, scored an unbeaten 52 from 63 balls in the first ODI versus England and was involved in a match-winning 102-run partnership with Axar Patel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGauti bhai always made me understand what exactly I could do with the bat and in my game. Even Ashish Nehra at GT [Gujarat Titans] has helped me understand myself a lot as a person and a cricketer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that I play different roles is exciting. Not many people get to do that. I try my best to help the team, and it is exciting to be in different situations and different phases of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/england-vs-india-2nd-odi-harry-brook-on-brendon-mccullum-coach-test-quotes-latest-news\/article71227072.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s white-ball captain Harry Brook can be considered the best embodiment of Brendon McCullum\u2019s aggressive \u2018Bazball\u2019 approach. The Kiwi\u2019s sacking as England\u2019s Test coach has visibly shaken Brook. \u201cHe has played a massive part in my career,\u201d Brook said, after the six-wicket defeat to India in the first ODI in Birmingham. \u201cI have only ever&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP__20260714__C27D2ER__v1__HighRes__CricketEngIndOdi.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193431,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193431","url_meta":{"origin":193667,"position":0},"title":"Brook upbeat about England ODI form amid Test captaincy uncertainty","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Harry Brook was adamant England\u2019s white-ball cricket was \u201cheading in the right direction\u201d after another chastening one-day international loss saw India enjoy a six-wicket success at Edgbaston on Tuesday. 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