McCullum also gave his support for close friend Stephen Fleming, who has replaced him as Test coach. Fleming, 53, will not be in charge for the Pakistan series as Marcus Trescothick will step in, meaning his first assignment will be the tour of South Africa in December. “I had a great time in my four
Andy Flower has been ruled out to replace Brendon McCullum as head coach of the England Test team. McCullum was sacked from the red-ball role earlier this month following a run of poor form and a series of controversial off-field incidents, but remains in charge of England’s white-ball organisation. Flower was England’s head coach from
The latter stages of McCullum’s tenure have been blighted by off-field issues. Over the winter, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Josh Tongue and Ben Duckett were involved in late-night incidents. After England won the first Test of the summer against New Zealand, the series was derailed when Stokes and Gus Atkinson broke the team’s midnight curfew
England will consider between six and 10 names as they search for Brendon McCullum’s successor as Test head coach and would like to have the person in place for August’s series against Pakistan, ECB chief executive Richard Gould says. McCullum, 44, was sacked as red-ball coach on Sunday after seven defeats in the last nine
Bucket hats, nighthawks and all things golf. Some of England’s most incredible victories, achieved in stunning style. New Zealand at Trent Bridge, India at Edgbaston, Pakistan at Rawalpindi. For a time, England was more than a cricket team. They were a feeling, a movement and a phenomenon. They occasionally blinked at McCullum’s next three years
McCullum combined Test and white-ball roles in 2024, two years after he first took charge of the Test team. When he arrived as Test coach in 2022, he initially embarked on a run of excellent results achieved with impressive cricket. The partnership with Stokes (a la Bazball) revitalized an England team that had won only