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Rob Key cited inadequate preparation, selection missteps, and a bloated backroom as key factors in England's Ashes series loss and signaled potential staff changes.
- Rob Key said `Clearly, we’ve mucked up on the big occasions.` The urn is already lost with two matches left, starting with the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.
- England's preparation featured a New Zealand white-ball tour and only one intra-squad warm-up at a club ground, which Key called inadequate, adding a wider assessment will follow in the new year.
- After the Adelaide Test, Key pointed to selection choices as Zak Crawley began with consecutive ducks, Ollie Pope looks likely replaced by Jacob Bethell, and Key asked, `Should we have made a change there much sooner?`
- An initial backroom clear-out is being considered, with Rob Key indicating specialist coaches might be hired and jobs, including his and Brendon McCullum's, could be at risk.
- Brendon McCullum, England head coach, whom Rob Key appointed in 2022, has signalled he wants to stay as Key urges evolution after failing to win the last four five-match series against Australia and India.
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Rob Key Defends McCullum and Stokes Amid Ashes Series Setback | Sports-Games
England's managing director Rob Key supports coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes after a 0-3 Ashes series defeat in Australia. Despite criticisms, Key believes in their leadership for the team's evolution. A potential root-and-branch review looms as preparations were deemed inadequate.
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Rob Key admits England ‘mucked up on the big occasions’ after Ashes defeat
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Rob Key backs Stokes-McCullum to "evolve, adapt, change" as England cope with Ashes series loss in Australia
London [UK], December 23 (ANI): England men's team managing director Rob Key backed 'resilient' coach Brendon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes to retain their positions and drive England out of the dark following a 0-3 Ashes series loss in Australia and admitted that the team's preparations were indeed inadequate. All the hype of 'Bazball' versus Aussies Down Under took barely 11 days to die down as Australia, de
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