{"id":537780,"date":"2026-07-12T13:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/537780\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:51:10","slug":"brendon-mccullum-gutted-after-being-sacked-as-england-test-coach-brendon-mccullum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/537780\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendon McCullum \u2018gutted\u2019 after being sacked as England Test coach | Brendon McCullum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brendon McCullum has been sacked as England\u2019s men\u2019s Test coach, with the England and Wales Cricket Board opting for a completely fresh start for the side following the recent retirement of the red-ball captain, Ben Stokes. The decision came one day after McCullum guided England to the top of the T20 rankings<\/a>, and he will continue to coach the men\u2019s white-ball teams.<\/p>\n

McCullum said he was \u201cgutted\u201d after being told his services are no longer required, and he will not be involved in preparations for the three-match series against Pakistan in August and September.<\/p>\n

The timing of the announcement is curious, with England playing three ODIs against India next week before a gap of precisely one month without any fixtures. McCullum spoke at length to the media on Saturday after England completed a superb 4-0 T20 series win over India without giving any indication that he knew it was coming.<\/p>\n

The initial impact made by McCullum\u2019s partnership with Stokes was extraordinary, and a team that had won one of its previous 17 Tests proceeded to win 10 of their first 11 under his stewardship, using an attacking brand of cricket that was swiftly christened Bazball. But there have been diminishing returns, and England won only three of his last 11 Tests in charge, including a bruising defeat in the Ashes<\/a>, amid a souring of his relationship with Stokes<\/a>. He finishes with the overall record of 27 wins, 20 defeats and two draws in 49 games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve absolutely loved coaching the Test side and I\u2019m incredibly proud of what we\u2019ve achieved together. There\u2019ve been some unbelievable highs and a few tough days along the way, but that\u2019s all part of taking on a challenge like this,\u201d McCullum said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege and an honour, and I\u2019m grateful. Grateful to the players, the staff and the fans who supported us on the journey. Of course I\u2019m gutted not to be continuing, but I respect the decision. My focus now is on giving everything I\u2019ve got to the white ball teams and helping England keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish the Test team nothing but success. There\u2019s a hell of a lot of talent in that dressing room and they\u2019re a special bunch of lads. I\u2019ll always be backing the boys, with a smile on my face, and hoping they keep taking the game on. I know they\u2019ll continue to make people proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Stokes backed England\u2019s white-ball captain, Harry Brook, as his successor<\/a> and Brook made it clear he would welcome the opportunity<\/a>, and given that Brook and McCullum enjoy a very close relationship \u2013 \u201cI consider him not just a good mate, but like he\u2019s almost one of my other sons,\u201d McCullum said on Saturday \u2013 there was a widespread assumption the pair would be given a chance to replicate their recent T20 successes in the longest format. But the ECB has opted for a clean break, with Richard Gould, the CEO, saying he \u201cnow believes that the time is right to make a change as we target victory in the Ashes next summer\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Rob Key, the ECB\u2019s managing director of men\u2019s cricket, said: \u201cSome of England\u2019s most memorable moments in recent history have occurred under Brendon\u2019s leadership of the Test team. It\u2019s been an absolute privilege to watch him shape the mentality of the team, to one the players have loved, and see him develop a new generation of talent who will be at the heart of England men\u2019s teams for years to come. He leaves the Test team well set and poised to achieve great things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendon McCullum has been sacked as England\u2019s men\u2019s Test coach, with the England and Wales Cricket Board opting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-537780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}