Alastair Cook has expressed concerns about the methods of preparation and training of the National Cricket team in England under Chief coach Brendon McCullum after they failed to reach the knocks of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The former captain of England and Batter Legendary believes that the current relaxed approach in the locker room may not be the best to maintain high performance levels in the three formats of the game. Despite some promising results in the trial cricket, McCullum has fought to guide England to the final of the ICC world test championship in two cycles.
Alastair Cook criticizes England training under Brendon McCullum after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 disaster
And then, the beginning of the Neozyleands as a white ball coach has also been disappointing, with England losing the ODI 0-3 series against India and not win a single game in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Slamming his training methods, Cook said he would not have enjoyed the relaxation that the current one has the faint of McCullum as a chief coach.
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Alastair Cook said about the BS load in the Podcast Sport: “All my preparation was done before. I hit many balls. I see the configuration now with Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, and is much more relaxed. I am not sure how much that relaxation would have enjoyed.
I liked it: I guess with Goachy (Graeme Gooch), hits many balls, and if you are in shape, it hits even more balls because you do not want to waste that rhythm. Andy Flower was constantly improving, always worked. “
Stuart Broad shoots at Alastair Cook in defense of Brendon McCullum
After the criticism of his former teammate and Captain Alastair Cook for the training standards of England under Brendon McCullum, the former pacemaker of England Stuart Broad has strongly defended the coach. Broad detached, the statements that the team lacks discipline, since it revealed that the relaxed atmosphere on the game days is designed to help players to play without fear in the field.
Sharing the publication of the Barmy’s army of Cook’s statement in X, Stuart Broad published, X: “He is more relaxed on the game days. Try and create an environment where players can be themselves and play without fear. My training experience under Baz & Bs was as it was always at the highest level. There is room to improve. The quality of training always depends on the approach of the players. “
It is more relaxed in the game days. Try and create an environment where players can be themselves and play without fear. My training experience under Baz & Bs was as it was always at the highest level. There to improve. Training quality is always due to the players’s approach.
– Stuart Broad (@stuartbroad8) March 6, 2025
Longevity players are the best coaches: Stuart Broad
The legendary English Paceman still insisted that higher level training remains a priority, but success depends on the dedication of a player. Legends like Joe Root, James Anderson and Jos Buttler said as examples of those who prospered due to their work ethics.
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Broad said in another publication: “What I mean by the players’s approach. If the player does not train well and improves, that player will not survive at the upper level and will be shown. The players with longevity are the best coaches. Cook. Root. Stokes. Anderson. Buttler. Kp. Collingwood. Bell, JMB and Woakes, to name a few.”
What I mean by the players’s approach. If the player does not train well and improves, that player will not survive at the upper level and will be shown. Longevity players are the best coaches. Cook. Root. Stokes. Anderson. Buttler. KP Collingwood. Bell. JMB. Woakesy to name a few
– Stuart Broad (@stuartbroad8) March 6, 2025
In particular, Jos Buttler has resigned as the captain of the white ball in England after the team could not defend the ODI World Cup in 2023 and a low performance in the 2024 T20 World Cup and now in the champion trophy of the ICC 2025. The ECB has not yet named Buttler’s successor.
