McCullum also became England’s ODI coach. Brendon McCullum also becomes the white ball coach of England: Will take responsibility before the Champions Trophy, the first series will be against India.

New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum is the coach of the England Test team from May 2022.

England has made Brendon McCullum, the head coach of the Test team, the coach of the ODI and T-20 teams as well. McCullum will take up his post ahead of the Champions Trophy in January next year. Under his coaching, the team will play its first series in India in the form of 5 T20s.

McCullum was made the Test coach of England in May 2022, in view of the good results, the board extended his tenure till 2027. Now he will coach the team in ODIs also.

Will replace Matthew Mott
Marcus Trescothick will be England’s interim ODI coach against Australia and West Indies. Before him, Matthew Mott was the team’s ODI and T-20 coach. McCullum will take over the responsibility from January 2025. Mott was England’s permanent ODI and T-20 coach, now McCullum will replace him.

England won its first ODI World Cup in 2019. The team has not been able to win the Champions Trophy yet.

McCullum will take a break after Sri Lanka series
McCullum is currently in England, the team is playing a 3-Test series against Sri Lanka. England has taken a 2-0 lead in the series. The third test will start from 6th September. After the series against Sri Lanka, McCullum will take a break and go to New Zealand. McCullum will then join the team directly in October. The team will go to Pakistan to play a Test series in October. England again has to play a 3-Test series against New Zealand in December.

Decision taken due to poor performance in ODI World Cup
After winning the 2019 ODI World Cup, England were expected to perform well in the 2023 ODI World Cup as well. But the team could not make it to the semi-finals after losing to Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. The team somehow finished 7th in the points table, due to which they also qualified for the Champions Trophy.

The England team could not even defend its T20 World Cup title in 2024. The team definitely made it to the semi-finals, but had to be eliminated after losing to India. India also won the tournament title by defeating South Africa.

The England team was ranked 7th in the ODI World Cup 2023.

Series against India in January
The series of 5 T20 and 3 ODIs between India and England will start in January-February next year. The first four T-20s will be held on 22, 25, 28 and 31 January. The fifth T20 will be played on 2 February. There will be 3 ODIs on 6, 9 and 12 February. Champions Trophy will start again in Pakistan from 19th February. The tournament will be played till March 9.