Brendon McCullum keen to carry on with England but wants to ‘steer the ship’

Head coach defends methods and leadership after Ashes Team culture likely to be main focus of ECB review At the end of a sorry Ashes loss capped off by news of Harry Brook’s ­involvement in a late-night ­incident two months earlier, ­Brendon ­McCullum set out his position as England head coach: if his wings are clipped and his ethos ­compromised then “maybe there is someone ­better” to do the role. The caveat is key here. ­McCullum is keen to continue and having held talks with Richard Thompson and Richard Gould, chair and chief ­executive respectively of the England and Wales Cricket Board, he appears set to – at least for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka that begins in less than a fortnight.