It was not just English fans who disliked this: during the 1994/5 Ashes in Australia, when he hailed a taxi, the Australian driver called him a traitor and refused to take him.
With his experience of first-class cricket in Australia, his selection for England's Ashes tour of 1994/5 was not as surprising as is sometimes suggested.
[6] But after England lost in the first Test at Brisbane, injured and out of favour, he played in no more of the first-class matches or any of the one-day internationals.
In 1994 McCague took 15 for 147 in a championship match against Derbyshire, including career best innings figures of 9 for 86,[7] on his way to 57 wickets that season at 19.01.
According to Steve Marsh's autobiography, McCague consumed 72 pints of Guinness during his stag weekend in Dublin.