Those at the top should pay the price for fostering a rotten environment where captain and star bowler think they can get away with flouting team protocols
When England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Gould and director of cricket Rob Key held court at Lord’s in March to explain the post-Ashes review, team culture was front and centre.
On a PowerPoint presentation in the ECB boardroom at Lord’s was a slide titled: “Culture and environment”. On it were three points:
1. Positive, relaxed AND professional high performance.
2. New expectations around team behaviours.
3. Better individual and collective decision making.
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