Brendon McCullum Urges England Fans to 'Keep the Faith' Amidst Ashes Defeat.
England's head coach, Brendon McCullum, has called on fans to "keep the faith" despite the team's crushing two-day defeat in the first Ashes Test. The tourists lost by eight wickets, with Travis Head scoring one of the all-time great Ashes centuries.
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England's defeat in Perth has left their hopes of regaining the urn on life support, but McCullum remains optimistic. He acknowledged that the team is better than what they displayed, adding that there are still many positives to take from the game.
However, with Australia dominating the match, England now face an uphill task in avoiding defeat at Brisbane, a city where they have not won since 1970.
The former New Zealand captain also defended Zak Crawley, who was dismissed for a duck twice by Mitchell Starc. McCullum believes that Crawley is a quality player and will bounce back from his poor form.
England are set to travel to Brisbane on Wednesday, ahead of the second Test which begins on December 4th. The team's journey may yet prove crucial in determining the fate of their Ashes campaign.
England's head coach, Brendon McCullum, has called on fans to "keep the faith" despite the team's crushing two-day defeat in the first Ashes Test. The tourists lost by eight wickets, with Travis Head scoring one of the all-time great Ashes centuries.
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England's defeat in Perth has left their hopes of regaining the urn on life support, but McCullum remains optimistic. He acknowledged that the team is better than what they displayed, adding that there are still many positives to take from the game.
However, with Australia dominating the match, England now face an uphill task in avoiding defeat at Brisbane, a city where they have not won since 1970.
The former New Zealand captain also defended Zak Crawley, who was dismissed for a duck twice by Mitchell Starc. McCullum believes that Crawley is a quality player and will bounce back from his poor form.
England are set to travel to Brisbane on Wednesday, ahead of the second Test which begins on December 4th. The team's journey may yet prove crucial in determining the fate of their Ashes campaign.
man this ashdes is turning out to be a real rollercoaster for england fans they started all guns blazing but then just kinda fell apart 
and now they're facing an uphill task at brisbane it's gonna be interesting to see how they bounce back from this defeat i mean mccullum's got some good points about the team being better than what we saw in perth but you can't keep sugarcoating things when you get thrashed by 8 wickets 
and yeah crawley's form is a concern he needs to sort that out ASAP 
but brendon mccullum is still trying to keep it positive 
he's saying they're better than what we saw and that there are still positives from the game yeah that makes sense right? Zac crawley didn't exactly have a stellar performance but mccullum believes in him so i think that's good 
he needs to bounce back from that. england now has their work cut out for them at brisbane which is gonna be tough 
Still gotta say, Travis Head is on fire 
! And I feel for Zak Crawley, don't wanna see him get bashed around like that... 
Maybe it's time to mix things up with the batting order? 
Either way, the squad's got some fight left in 'em... we just gotta believe they can turn this series around 
England is so close to winning it all and now they're down by like 8 wickets 
he knows the team has potential and can bounce back from this loss. Travis Head is just a beast on the pitch right now 
I'm rooting for Zak Crawley too, he's gonna come out stronger after those poor performances 
and we need England to win that 2nd test in Brisbane ASAP 
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! Can't they just play a few more days instead of two long ones? 
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. Like a personalized AI coach or something 
. That'd be so lit!
. Not impressed with their batting though - gotta step up their game if they wanna stay in this series 
. Crawley's gotta bounce back from that poor form, and they need a decent top-order to take the pressure off Root & Co 
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and Zak Crawley's 0-0 double is not the end of the world 
. Travis Head's century tho, nice one, mate! 
but let's be real, Brisbane is gonna be tough 
. I mean, they haven't won there since forever 
gotta see how this whole thing plays out now. fingers crossed for the Poms 
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but you can't just give up hope on 'em. They're still a good team at heart, just gotta shake this bad luck 
. Crawley's a solid player, he'll bounce back for sure 
. And fair dinkum, 1970 was ages ago when England last won in Brisbane 
. But I reckon Brendon's right, keep the faith and all that 
. They'll sort themselves out before the next game, I'm sure of it 
and btw crawley was having a bad day not a bad year 
he's defo a quality player will bounce back from that duck disaster 
but mccullum's still got hope and who knows maybe england can pull off an epic comeback at brisbane 
he's all like keep the faith and stuff, even though england got absolutely thrashed 
now let's get to brisbane and hope we don't get smashed again 
and now they've gotta work their magic in Brisbane. I'm calling it, they're toast 
. The Ashes are far from over, and Brisbane's gonna be interesting... bring it on! 
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... Travis Head was apparently on fire with that Ashes century 
... Anyway, Brendon McCullum seems like a nice guy and all, but what's up with Zak Crawley's duck-disco 