India, March 23 -- England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Gould has explained why they have decided to retain head coach Brendon McCullum despite an ignominious Ashes defeat earlier this year.

McCullum's Bazball has been under fire for some time now. Batting aggressively at all stages of a Test, Bazball is a term given by the English media. Last year, it had backfired at home too against India. That series ended in a 2-2 draw, but with a little bit of luck, the tourists could have won the series in England for the first time in so many years.

Anyway, the Ashes tour was also very controversial, with reports doing the rounds that Test captain Ben Stokes and McCullum were not on the same page. Some of the players wer...