JACOB'S A CRACKER

BRENDON McCULLUM has told new England star Jacob Bethell that the Ashes side is not set in stone.

- by IAN BAKER

Bethell smashed his maiden century as the Three Lions hammered South Africa in Sunday's third and final ODI.

England’s Test batting lineup of Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith has always looked guaranteed for November's first Test in Perth.

But McCullum has opened up the door for change, especially with Bethel, just 21, captaining the T20 side in Ireland later this month.

The England coach said: “Have we got the 1] in hand for Perth? No, not yet. No. We will work that out when we get to Australia. We've got a few other fish to fry before we get there.

and things have come really quickly for him as well.