- Test coach will take over white-ball teams in January
- ‘I’m excited to extend my role,’ says McCullum
Brendon McCullum will take full control of England’s men’s international teams from January after the red-ball coach agreed to also assume white-ball duties in what the ECB called “a strategic restructure of the set-up”. McCullum has also extended his contract, which had been due to end after next winter’s Ashes series, to the end of 2027 and the aftermath of that autumn’s 50-over World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
The New Zealander took charge of England’s red-ball team in May 2022, and with Ben Stokes as captain transformed their approach and their fortunes: they had won one of their previous 17 games but they have since won 19 out of 28, losing three of 18 at home. But in the same period England’s white-ball fortunes have waned, leading to the dismissal of Matthew Mott as coach last month.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/03/brendon-mccullum-england-cricket-white-ball-coach
Author : Simon Burnton
Publish date : 2024-09-03 13:30:14
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