Pope praises McCullum's 'brutal' approach with England

Ollie Pope said the changes Brendan McCullum's made since becoming Test head coach has made England 'ruthless'

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00:00We obviously have made some slight adjustments. There's obviously been a couple of injuries

00:04as well, obviously with Stokes and Zac up top. And they're just unfortunate injuries

00:10that happened. But at the same time, it's a great opportunity for other guys to come

00:14in and get a go that they deserve an event as well. And I think obviously with what Brendan

00:20did leading into this summer, he made some pretty brutal changes that he saw that are

00:28going to take the team into a better place getting forward. And I think we showed last

00:32week, I know we don't use the term baseball, but we played a different style of cricket.

00:37And I think that's something that can keep taking us forward as a team. And when we can

00:43be ruthless, we've got to try and be ruthless just to win as many games as possible. And

00:47other days we'll go out and score a little bit more freely and potentially take the wickets

00:52in a shorter amount of time. So I think it's a credit to the guys that have come in, obviously

00:57Jamie Smith as well, the way he played in both innings is a credit to him and shows

01:04that we're really taking this team forward now.