As you walk into the offices of Rothesay in London’s West End, the company’s slogan – “Securing pensions” – looms large.
On Friday, the sponsors of the English Test summer were hosting an event with head coach Brendon McCullum, the man who continues to pay into his England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) pension despite his team’s 4-1 Ashes mauling in Australia last winter.
Many fans were left aghast when McCullum held onto his job despite a disaster-class of a tour that laid bare the laissez-faire culture that had evolved under his watch.
When the announcement came in March that both he and England’s managing director of cricket Rob Key had retained their positions, we were told by ECB chief executive Richard Gould, that McCullum had promised to “adapt” and “evolve”.
But has he?
