England coach Brendon McCullum has declared there will be “no excuses come Australia” for his batters after an ODI series whitewash in New Zealand.

The Harry Brook led side were bowled out for 223, 175 and 222 in the three games, not lasting more than 40.2 overs in any innings.

The New Zealand quicks caused havoc with the English top order, taking 11 wickets in the opening ten overs across the series.

Openers Ben Duckett and Jamie Smith managed just 29 runs between them, while No.3 Joe Root also came unstuck against the moving ball, scoring only 29 runs.

All three are key cogs in England’s Test batting order, but McCullum is not concerned about their lack of form before flying across the Tasman.

“They’ve marked centre a few times and gone through the process and I’m sure they’ll be be

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