Brendon McCullum has been sacked as England’s Test head coach but will continue in his white-ball role

McCullum will combine Test and white-ball roles in 2024, two years after taking charge of the Test team for the first time. In the year Arriving as the Test coach in 2022, he began an impressive run of results with first-class cricket.

His partnership with Stokes – baseball style – has revived an England side that has won just one of its last 17 Tests.

In some swashbuckling batting, England secured famous victories over New Zealand. Trent Bridge, India at Edgbaston And Pakistan in RawalpindiThe beginning of the last 3-0 series victory. Overall, England won 10 of the first 11 Tests under the leadership of McCullum and Stokes.

However, since that first period of success, England have lost 19 and won 17 out of 38 Tests, a heart-stopping start. One defeat in New Zealand He continued after performing the sequel in Wellington, England.

In the year In 2023, England came from 2-0 down in the home Ashes to draw 2-2 and would probably have won the result had it not been for rain on the final two days of the fourth Test at Old Trafford.

In 2024, the tour of India started with another one A famous victory in HyderabadOnly to lose to a 4-1 series loss.

On their return from India, Stokes, McCullum and Key will set their sights on the 2025-26 Ashes tour, which includes ending the career of England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, James Anderson.

England plan to attack Australia quickly and face the worst enemy attack in over 50 years.

But the Tour is different Accusations of inadequate planning, poor performance and a drinking culture.

After playing just one warm-up match against the Lions, England were in a strong position in the first Test in Perth – 105 with nine runs in hand shortly after lunch on the second day. Incredibly, England were beaten before daylight and never recovered.

Although England won the fourth Test in Melbourne, their first win in Australia for 14 years, their performances elsewhere were abysmal – a Bayern team ill-prepared for the demands of the tour.

Off the field England’s name in them Public drinking in NoosaWhen the opener Ben Duquette was filmed, he looked drunk.

The worst was at the end of the Ashes tour, when he popped up. Brooke was hit by a nightclub bouncer. A one-day international in Wellington on the eve of New Zealand’s tour before traveling to Australia.

McCullum and Stokes tried to do so after being backed to keep their jobs. Stay away from gossip It is believed to have originated in Australia.

England increased its backroom staff to help with the event and implemented a midnight curfew in an attempt to avoid further controversy.

There was optimism when they were there They won the first challenge A home win against New Zealand at Lord’s, however, as Stokes celebrated that victory, a nightclub incident set off a chain of events that plunged England into chaos.

McCullum’s contract with the white-ball team expires at the end of the 50-over World Cup in South Africa.

Now, England need to find a Test head coach who can work with McCullum’s big personality and relaxed approach.

More to follow.