McCullum's psalms to cricket
Interviewed by Jonathan Liew for the Telegraph, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum opens up about not just cricket, but the kind of thinking and attitude that has changed his and his team's approach in the last couple of years
08-Jun-2015
Interviewed by Jonathan Liew for the Telegraph, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum opens up about not just cricket, but the kind of thinking and attitude that has changed his and his team's approach in the last couple of years, leading them to No. 3 in Tests and the World Cup final.
Placing enjoyment at the heart of what they do has helped to filter out the important stuff from the background noise. It explains why New Zealand generally do not sledge the opposition ("There's less frustration, less animosity, and we've played our best cricket, so it's hard to argue that sledging works for us," McCullum says) and while the current side still cop their share of negative press, they deal with it a lot better than they used to. "You're always going to be criticised to a degree," McCullum says, before adding with a smirk: "Some people didn't like Mother Teresa as well."