{"id":25826,"date":"2026-02-14T01:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/brendon-mccullum-ben-stokes-ready-for-ashes-glory-%f0%9f%94%a5-bbc-sport\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:19:45","slug":"brendon-mccullum-ben-stokes-ready-for-ashes-glory-%f0%9f%94%a5-bbc-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/brendon-mccullum-ben-stokes-ready-for-ashes-glory-%f0%9f%94%a5-bbc-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendon McCullum: Ben Stokes READY for Ashes Glory \ud83d\udd25 | BBC Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LQY2Z6cT7Q?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>England Head Coach Brendon McCullum opens up about the team&#8217;s mindset heading into the Ashes, the leadership qualities of Ben Stokes, and why this series could define careers. From embracing pressure to staying calm under fire, McCullum shares candid insights on what it takes to succeed on the biggest stage in cricket.<\/p>\n<p>In this video:<\/p>\n<p>McCullum on the magnitude of the Ashes<br \/>\nBen Stokes\u2019 readiness and leadership<br \/>\nHow England plan to handle the noise and pressure<br \/>\nWhy this series transcends cricket<\/p>\n<p>Follow every ball of the Ashes on the BBC Sport app, iPlayer and Sounds. <\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE so you never miss out on our best videos<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f\u27a1\ufe0fhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1sFodyu <\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>Find us here: <\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/www.x.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsport\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bbcsport<\/p>\n<p>#bbcsport #theashes <\/p>\n<p>Monty Panesar says he can still rattle the Aussies&#8230; even from his sofa! \ud83e\ude87 | BBC Sport<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4LQY2Z6cT7Q\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England Head Coach Brendon McCullum opens up about the team&#8217;s mindset heading into the Ashes, the leadership qualities of Ben Stokes, and why this series could define careers. From embracing pressure to staying calm under fire, McCullum shares candid insights on what it takes to succeed on the biggest stage in cricket. In this video: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25828,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25826\/revisions\/25828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}