“We knew we needed…”: England Test coach Brendon McCullum on West Indies clean sweep

England won the three Tests against West Indies by comfortable margins despite going through periods when they were put under concerted pressure by an inexperienced West Indies. They also integrated two new players in Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith who performed well throughout the series.

Here is what England’s red-ball coach had to say after the series sweep, “We knew we needed to make a couple of improvements to continue to improve as a side. Until you give some people an opportunity you don’t know, right? Those guys have shown that international cricket is where they belong,”

“It’s really satisfying, the growth of the side in general. Sometimes, when you lose you get a period of reflection and what we’ve seen is a team which has bounced back with a bit more of a harder feel to it,” McCullum added.

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“The group and the understanding of how we want to play as a team is starting to get to where we want it to. We’re not the finished product, absolutely, but this has been a step forward. You’re starting to formulate the sort of side able to go up against the best teams in the world. There were delicate moments in this series and it really tested us, so it was extremely satisfying,” McCullum concluded.