England appoint McCullum as white-ball coach

England person appointed Brendon McCullum arsenic their caller men's white-ball coach, which nan New Zealander will harvester pinch his existent domiciled arsenic Test coach.

McCullum, 42, will switch Australian Matthew Mott, who stepped down aft this summer's T20 World Cup, and originates his dual domiciled successful January 2025.

McCullum has overseen a melodramatic turnaround for nan Test squad alongside skipper Ben Stokes and says he is "energised" by nan imaginable of signing a caller statement which increases nan scope of his domiciled and extends his occupation pinch England until nan extremity of 2027.

"This caller situation is thing I'm fresh to embrace, and I'm eager to activity intimately pinch [captain] Jos Buttler and nan squad to build connected nan beardown foundations already successful place," he said.

"[Men's head of cricket] Rob Key's imagination for nan early of English cricket is thing that really resonated pinch me. The thought of a unified coaching structure, particularly pinch nan schedule easing adjacent year, made cleanable sense.

"I'm energised by nan imaginable of guiding some teams. The talent wrong English cricket is immense."

Marcus Trescothick will service arsenic interim caput coach of nan white-ball squad for their upcoming bid against Australia and successful nan Caribbean later this year, pinch McCullum's first duty a circuit of India earlier February's Champions Trophy successful Pakistan.

Since taking complaint of a Test broadside that had won 1 of its erstwhile 17 Tests, McCullum has instilled a fearless marque of cricket, nicknamed 'Bazball', which has seen England triumph 19 of their 28 Tests since.

Under nan New Zealander, England's Test squad scores astatine 4.57 runs per complete connected average, compared to 3.09 successful their 29 Tests previously.

McCullum is besides credited pinch being nan inspiration for nan style of play which saw England's white-ball squad spell from an embarrassing World Cup exit successful 2015 to champions successful 2019.

He takes complete a squad which is successful request of renewal, pinch a number of nan World Cup-winning squad nearing nan extremity of their careers.

Under Mott, who was appointed erstwhile England divided nan caput coach roles successful 2022, England won nan T20 World Cup successful Australia.

However, they endured a calamitous 50-over World Cup successful India past year, winning only 3 of their 9 matches.

And they surrendered nan T20 title successful nan Caribbean and United States successful June, beaten successful nan semi-finals by eventual champions India.

"I'm delighted Brendon has chosen to do some roles pinch England," said Key. "I judge we are incredibly fortunate that a coach of his value is prepared to perpetrate wholeheartedly to English cricket.

"Being capable to align each teams now is peculiarly exciting.

"For nan past 2 years, changeless clashes betwixt formats person made it challenging for nan white-ball environment; fortunately, these are easing starting from January.

"The timing of nan schedule [from January] will let him to dedicate nan basal attraction to some roles."

After nan Test bid ends against Sri Lanka astatine The Oval adjacent week, McCullum will return a short break astatine location successful New Zealand earlier joining nan Test squad for their wintertime tours of Pakistan successful October and nan three-match bid against New Zealand successful December.