{"id":550715,"date":"2026-07-30T05:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/550715\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:03:11","slug":"england-to-call-in-another-kiwi-to-coach-test-side-after-mccullum-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/550715\/","title":{"rendered":"England to call in another Kiwi to coach Test side after McCullum sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

England has called in another Kiwi to coach its Test cricket side, with former Black Caps captain Stephen Fleming expected to be appointed. <\/p>\n

It comes after Brendon McCullum was sacked<\/a> following a series of poor results and off-field incidents. He remains coach of England’s white-ball sides. <\/p>\n

The Telegraph reported Fleming was the leading candidate to replace McCullum. <\/p>\n

If appointed, Fleming would have a say in the appointment of England’s new Test captain following Ben Stokes’ shock retirement from international cricket in June. <\/p>\n

Fleming made 111 Test appearances for New Zealand, scoring over 7000 runs. <\/p>\n

\"England<\/p>\n

England head coach Brendon McCullum attends a nets session in Nottingham, England, Monday July 6, 2026. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

As a coach he has spent many years in the Indian Premier League, winning five titles. <\/p>\n

McCullum’s sacking came after a 4-1 Ashes thumping by Australia<\/a> and a 2-1 series defeat at home to the Black Caps. <\/p>\n

In June, skipper Ben Stokes and Ben Atkinson were dropped from the second test in London against New Zealand after breaking curfew. They were reportedly present during an altercation at a nightclub involving an England security staff member and a professional rugby player. <\/p>\n

Accusations of a “drinking culture” emerged in late 2025 when videos were shared showing England players inebriated in Noosa during a mid-Ashes break. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England has called in another Kiwi to coach its Test cricket side, with former Black Caps captain Stephen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213,1745],"class_list":["post-550715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports","tag-uk-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}