# DESPERATELY SEEKING RUTHLESSNESS

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Podcast: [The Analyst Inside Cricket](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903)
Published: 2026-03-25T17:18:00+00:00
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After the announcement that England head coach Brendon McCullum and director of cricket Rob Key will keep their jobs and promise to evolve, we ask will it make any difference? The heirarchy always talk about the 'learnings' but are the players able to put them into practice? Simon Hughes and Simon Mann are joined by former England opener Nick Compton to ask if England can ever properly compete with the best teams abroad, or is county cricket too self-absorbed and the coaches too self-preserving to raise standards to elite levels? The ad-free version of this podcast is here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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