Ashes: Brendon McCullum keen on learning lessons after Adelaide loss

Coach Brendon McCullum after England’s defeat to Australia in Adelaide on Sunday. Pic/Getty Images

England coach Brendon McCullum wants to stay in his job despite a chastening Ashes series defeat but admits his future is out of his hands.

England are 0-3 down in the five-match series after just 11 days of cricket, outplayed by a hungry Australian team. McCullum had branded the tour as "the biggest series of all our lives" but defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide have ended the tourists' hopes of wresting back the Ashes from their fierce rivals.

Now he and managing director of men's cricket Rob Key are facing tough questions over their positions.

McCullum's predecessor, Chris Silverwood, did not survive a 0-4 defeat four years ago. The New Zealander has a contract with England until the end of 2027 - a period that includes the next home Ashes, earlier in the same year. But the 44-year-old said, in comments carried by British media, that his fate would be decided by others.

"I'll just keep trying to do the job, try to learn the lessons that we haven't quite got right here and try to make some adjustments," said McCullum.

"Those questions are for someone else, not for me. Sometimes you don't win, and then those decisions are up to other people. It's a pretty good gig, it's good fun. You travel the world with the lads and try to play some exciting cricket and try to achieve some things."

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Total number of balls played by England in Adelaide - the most by them in a Test since Brendon McCullum took over as head coach

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