London, Dec. 23 -- England men's team managing director Rob Key backed "resilient" coach Brendon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes to retain their positions and drive England out of the dark following a 0-3 Ashes series loss in Australia and admitted that the team's preparations were indeed inadequate.

All the hype of 'Bazball' versus Aussies Down Under took barely 11 days to die down as Australia, despite injury and form struggles of their key players, retained the Ashes urn by denying a valiant England a chance to chase a record-breaking 435 runs to keep the series alive. England fell 82 runs short. While England did play some great cricket in patches, there is plenty of fixing they need to do in order to end their wait for a series win ...