Wellington, Nov. 1 -- Following England's 3-0 whitewash series loss to New Zealand, England's head coach Brendon McCullum said that the team needs to improve in ODIs and brushed off any concerns about the team's batting ahead of the Ashes series starting from November 21.

Failing to cross the 250-run mark in each of these three ODIs, England registered one of their worst ODI series outings in a while, going down three-nil to New Zealand. This continues their shambolic run in the format, which started with the horrific ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 title defence, during which they could win only three of their nine matches. Since then, they have lost six out of seven ODI series and won just eight out of 26 matches in the format.

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