Aaron Finch has labeled English cricket a ‘circus’ after the departures of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum and says the Australians are ‘laughing’. cricket news

Former Australia batsman Aaron Finch has compared England’s recent coaching and captaincy rise to a ‘circus’ and says many Australians are watching things from afar as their old rivals ‘laugh’.

Ben Stokes Sensationally announced his retirement from international cricket during their final Test match against New Zealand in June, later with head coach Brendon McCullum Sacked from the post of head coach To the red ball

The Test side have therefore lost seven of their last nine matches, amid a slump in form poised for a major turnaround.

Talking to it Sky Sports Cricket PodcastFinch, who captained Australia in both white-ball formats, questioned England’s stubbornness on their recent tour Down Under, as well as some of the decisions taken by England’s hierarchy.

“You never want the players to feel like they’re being forced or the coaches are being fired,” Finch said. Sky Sports Cricket Michael Atherton. “But the way it’s all panned out, it’s become a bit of a circus.

“When you look back at the build-up to the Ashes, I thought, for whatever reason there wasn’t a warm-up game. Everyone’s got their opinion about why they couldn’t play one at the WACA, which is the closest replica of Perth Stadium.

“And pretty much shut everyone down and said: ‘No, we know best. We know what we’re doing. We’re here to win’.”

“And then for it to break down like that, to see where it goes in the New Zealand series, where New Zealand played traditional tough Test cricket and found a way to win.

“They go on and win a series, which is hard to do away from home. Every team says winning away from home is their biggest challenge.”

The departures of McCullum and Stokes will mark the end of the ‘buzzball’ era, which has seen England display a brash brand of cricket that has raised eyebrows among some.

“I think when you look at it as a whole, you say there’s been a few decisions that have been made in terms of style of play, shot selection, decisions behind the scenes, as an Australian, you sit back and laugh a little bit because at times we’ve been in that position. But you understand it,” added Finch.

Atherton also asked Finch if any of his Australian teams had ever been under curfew.

“Never,” he replied. “If there was, it would be played in black and white.

“It’s hard to know exactly what’s going on without being inside those four walls.

“So you can guess what you want, but from the outside it looks like a bit of a mess. So they’re in this tricky situation now where they’re obviously trying to find a Test coach.”