Jonathan Agnew

I mentioned the Oval, and he actually went back to before the Oval.

So, absolutely, I think Stokes is...

he's wearing it all more personally than the coach but I do think that they're still together as a that they do work as a partnership but the but the approach does have to change and that's the approach of both of them actually because Stokes has been as bought into this you know I remember interviewing him I think it was Brisbane and we talked again about you know the way it was replayed and um

and so on and the workloads and stuff and the build up and the matches preparation matches and he did say yeah but that's how it used to be done Jonathan he said and I'm thinking to myself well no this is how it should be done so you know whether Ben meant it and actually I think he pulled a lot back tonight this afternoon

much more reflective, much more honest, actually, in the terms of where things have gone wrong.

There needs to be, I think, more communication, there needs to be more ability for players to be able to question rather than just be told.

Because that way, if you do question, you question things.

It actually makes you a more mature person and a more mature player.

It's interesting, when we have recently retired England

who work with us and we come away going through airports and stuff, they've got no idea about boarding passes or passports or security checks.

It's all done for them.

And that's what it's like being an England cricketer if you don't give them responsibility.

So more responsibility on the players, but to be themselves and not to be told what to do and conform.

That for me, definitely.

But whether or not...

McCullum is able to do that.

You heard him there.

You know me or whatever he said.

You know what I'm like or whatever he said.

I think that was a very telling statement.