Crunch time for Bazball

BRENDON MCCULLUM could be on a collision course with the ECB as the fallout from England’s Ashes debacle takes hold.

- BRENDON McCULLUM

A five-wicket defeat in Sydney closed the book on a dreadful tour that saw high hopes of bringing the urn back home dissolve into another heavy loss Down Under as it finished 4-1 to Australia.

The ECB wasted no time confirming a formal review was in motion with chief executive Richard Gould saying it would cover “tour planning and preparation, individual performance and behaviours and our ability to adapt and respond effectively.”