Brendon McCullum: England have dealt with Australian hostility well on Ashes tour

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Brendon McCullum has praised his England squad for the way they have reacted to the off-field “hostility” that has followed them in Australia.McCullum understands the glare of the spotlight that accompanies a series like the Ashes and feels England have held up admirably thus far.

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00:00I didn't see it but obviously it wasn't ideal but hopefully it's been dealt with

00:05and everyone's able to move on. Obviously you know come to Australia there's a lot

00:10of eyeballs, there's a lot of intensity and scrutiny on everything you do and

00:14I feel like we've managed ourselves pretty well throughout this tour. I

00:18thought the boys were outstanding. The last week we've had they're engaging

00:21with a lot of the locals and everyone was in good spirits. There was some good

00:25banter flying both ways and I think everyone treated it in their

00:29respect that it deserved. There is hostility, my wife's Australian I know the

00:32Australian people very well and there is hostility early but once you break that

00:36down it's always good fun and you end up getting respect so that's why I think from

00:40our boys they know that they've got we haven't been at our best on the field

00:44we've still got to enjoy ourselves off the field, still treat this country with the

00:48respect and enjoyment that we want.

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