Brendon McCullum side-stepped talk over England’s next Test captain before his red-ball departure was announced, but has hailed Harry Brook’s “immense” growth and insisted he has a significant future as a leader of English cricket.
The England and Wales Cricket Board are on the hunt for Ben Stokes’ successor after his shock retirement last month and white-ball captain Brook earned a ringing endorsement after Saturday’s 56-run T20 win at the Ageas Bowl earned a 4-0 whitewash over India in the Vitality Series. It was later announced on Sunday that McCullum would depart the red-ball set-up.
