Jonathan Agnew
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Those are the sort of decisions that...
that would have to be made.
But I think somebody really has got to work out why this approach has not worked, particularly for those two leading batsmen in the team, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook.
This system has not worked for them.
It might be for entirely different reasons.
One thing that Brendan McCullum has done as coach is kind of stripped back the backroom staff, radically reduced the numbers.
No fielding coach here, and England have dropped, it must be around about 20 catches in the series.
There are a few more in this game, some half chances, difficult half chances, ones that we saw Australia take in the series, crucial moments.
So are we talking about change there as well?
Well, you definitely need a fielding coach.
A fielding coach is his job.
He's a specialist, and he has specialist routines that he does and he employs and he puts the players through to improve their fielding and their catching.
You see it every morning.
You see the other teams doing it.
Brendan McCullum, that's not his job.
He's not a fielding coach.
He nicks the slip catches in the mornings, but he's not the man...
doing the drills that are so important and not just for catching but throwing at a stump.
Those sort of moments in a game that are brought about through practice and through hard work and the fact that they've dropped all these catches when there is no fielding coach here.
is a pretty obvious thing.