Brendon McCullum England cricket coach: Full England Test team coach list

Rishikesh Sharma | 12/05/2022
Brendon McCullum England cricket coach: Full England Test team coach list

Brendon McCullum England cricket coach: New Zealand’s former captain is announced as the new head coach of England’s test team.

England Cricket Board have announced Brendon McCullum as the new test coach of the England cricket team. It was reported that Gary Kirsten will be the test coach of the side, but McCullum is now formally announced as the test coach.

This will be Brendon McCullum’s first assignment as an international coach. Brendon McCullum is currently the head coach of IPL side Kolkata Knight Riders, whereas he has also won the title of Caribbean Premier League with Trinbago Knight Riders.

He will leave the coaching of Kolkata Knight Riders after the ongoing IPL 2022 season. England will play their first test of the summer against McCullum’s home country New Zealand in June.

Brendon McCullum England cricket coach

Brendon McCullum has expressed his delight on joining the English team as their head coach, he said that he knows that he will face a significant number of challenges, but he is ready to do the same.

“I’d like to say how pleased I am to be given this opportunity to positively contribute to England’s Test cricket set-up and move the team forward into a more successful era,” McCullum said in an ECB press release.

“In taking this role on, I am acutely aware of the significant challenges the team faces at present.”

Brendon McCullum also said that new English test coach Ben Stokes is the perfect character to inspire the team, and he is looking to have a successful partnership with him.

“Ben Stokes is the perfect character to inspire change around him, and I look forward to working closely with him to build a successful unit around us,” McCullum said in an ECB press release.

Brendon McCullum will join the English team after the completion of the Indian Premier League 2022 with the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Full England Test team coach list

Coach Tenure
Micky Stewart 1986-1992
Keith Fletcher 1992-1995
Ray Illingworth 1995-1996
David Lloyd 1996-1999
Duncan Fletcher 1999-2007
Peter Moores 2007-2009
Andy Flower 2009-2014 (Test only between 2012-2014)
Peter Moores 2014-2015
Trevor Bayliss 2015-2019
Chris Silverwood 2019-2022
Paul Collingwood 2022
Post Edited By: Rishikesh Sharma
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Rishikesh Sharma

An engineering graduate and an ardent sports fan, Rishikesh Sharma is covering cricket for three years now after not making peace with a corporate life and has written more than 5000 articles. While Sourav Ganguly made him fall in love with the sport, Brendon McCullum and Gautam Gambhir enhanced it. Apart from cricket, Rishikesh is a huge fan of Liverpool FC. When not watching sports, you will find him riding around Jaipur.

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