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Baz bats away the calls for change
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
|December 15, 2025
ENGLAND head coach Brendon McCullum is ready to roll out an unchanged batting lineup for this week's crunch Ashes Test in Adelaide, insisting he will not be swayed by questions over his future.
Stokes speaks with coach Brendon McCullum at Adelaide Oval
(GARETH COPLEY/ GETTY IMAGES)
ENGLAND head coach Brendon McCullum is ready to roll out an unchanged batting lineup for this week's crunch Ashes Test in Adelaide, insisting he will not be swayed by questions over his future.
At 2-0 down with three to play, England know they cannot afford another slip-up but are set to give their error-prone top seven another chance.
Ollie Pope, who averages 18.71 in 14 innings against Australia with a top score of 46, looked most vulnerable to a challenge from Jacob Bethell but McCullum spoke strongly in favour of retaining the status quo.
Pope duly took his place in the catching cordon as England returned to practice for the first time since losing in Brisbane a week ago, indicating that he would hold the spot.
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
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