New Zealand legend Brendon McCullum has emerged as the new favourite to be named England’s Test coach this week.
And the 40-year-old could form a dream team partnership with Ben Stokes as captain, as two men who have similar positive outlooks on the game and how to take it forward.
South African Gary Kirsten was believed to be the front runner for the Test job while McCullum had been mentioned as a possible coach for the white ball team thanks to his experience in charge of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League and his leadership of New Zealand’s beaten 50 over World Cup finalists in 2015.
