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Michael Vaughan

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Appearances Over Time

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Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

You know, Baz McCullum's got to change.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

You know, this team have not won a five-match series on his watch, got nowhere near a World Test Championship final on his watch, not beating India, not beating Australia.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

They're the two series that you're judged on, real big series.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

Through the series away against England.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

The methods that Baz has brought, you know, and this psychology that he talks about, that, you know, it's about the top two inches and making sure that the mental side's right.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

Well, actually, England under him have not won a big series and under real big moments.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

they haven't actually coped with the pressure.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

You know, you look at this series at the start, they didn't cope with it.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

They went 2-0 down too quickly.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

So he has to be honest with himself.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

I think he can change.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

I do.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

I think if he's reasonable and not stubborn to understand that it's a learning process, you know, he's relatively quite a young coach.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

He hasn't really coached for many, many years.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

So,

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

if he's willing to accept that he needs to change the way that he approaches the game, you look at some of the details about this England side, you know, the preparation's been poor, we'll keep going on about that, but it's been poor, just fielding drills in the morning, I watch Australian, poor, they're a professional outfit, I see Alex Carey down there every morning, just doing those little drills, little drills, I used to see, you know, Matt Pryor do those drills, I saw Alex Stewart for many years do those drills, I don't see Jamie Smith doing those drills, I see Australia taking a load of high balls, every player, load of high balls, I don't see that from the England team, so,

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

And the detail needs to come in for Bas McCollum to stay.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

And if he's willing to create that detail and accept that he's made mistakes and change the process in terms of the way that the team play, I have no problem with the combination carrying on.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

But if it's going to be, oh, no, we're going to carry on.

Test Match Special
The Ashes: Bethell hundred provides belated bright spark

We're going to be a bit flimsy.