Jonathan Agnew
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I'm sorry, I'm not signing us off.
This is not going to win the Ashes.
You need a stronger person there, someone who I think is going to stand up to, particularly to Brendan McCullum, who is a strong character and very much his own person,
If he wants to carry on and, as we talk about, change the approach, it's up to that person, that Rob Key position, to make sure that he does and to make sure that things are done differently.
And that's that responsibility.
Personally, I think they've got three people of the same type, and that's what worries me.
I don't know if Rob Key is of a type of person to...
actually stand up and say because he appointed Brendan McCullum in the first place let's be honest and Ben Stokes but he's not I don't think the sort of person who's going to stand up and say to Brendan McCullum this is wrong let's recheck this this isn't this is not the way it's going to do there are others who I think probably would do that um so I don't know that that's that's the position if if McCullum is willing to
to change and to accept that areas of this tour were actually largely to blame for what has gone wrong and to change his approach which I think a lot of that is quite unlikely actually then the person above him has to make sure that he carries that through and I don't know if Key's the right man to do that
OK, so that's director of cricket, captain and coach.
Just finally, players.
So you talked about Jamie Smith.
That's the big question.
His position is going to come into the spotlight as the year goes on and as England move towards their next test match.
What about some of the other players?
I'm thinking of Zach Crawley.
So Zach Crawley came out here.
The Australians like him.
Played one or two nice innings.
But he averages...