EXCLUSIVE Rob Key on why an Australian should play for England in the Ashes, the problem with Bazball's critics and why Andrew Flintoff doesn't need coaching qualifications to be a star Rob Key has overseen England's Test resurgence under Brendon McCullum Join Mail+ for more exclusive cricket scoops, in-depth reporting from our experts and the best analysis from Nasser Hussain and David Lloyd By Lawrence Booth Published: 12:00 BST, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 12:21 BST, 26 September 2024 e-mail View comments Rob Key allows himself a smile as he reflects on a lively couple of weeks. First England’s Test team blew their chance of a first perfect summer for 20 years with a sloppy performance against Sri Lanka at The Oval. Now the white-ball reset has made a mixed start against Australia .
To complicate matters, the stand-in 50-over captain Harry Brook reacted to his team’s collapse in the first ODI at Trent Bridge last week by saying: ‘If you get caught somewhere on the boundary or in the field then who cares?’ The point he wanted to make was that one type of dismissal is no worse than another. But it was the last two words of his rhetorical question that poked the hornet’s nest – and Brook was still explaining himself even after his unbeaten century helped England pull one back in Chester-le-Street on Tuesday. Who cares? Well, fans forking out £100 to watch England, for starters.
.. But Key, ECB’s managing director of men’s cricket for the last two and a half y.