Brendon McCullum

35 articles tagged with "Brendon McCullum"

Sep 15, 2026

Stephen Fleming left Chennai in July, and he spent Monday driving round England’s county grounds

England have split the head coach job in two, and the incoming Test coach is spending a fortnight working out how to share a squad with Brendon McCull...

Sep 8, 2026

Pietersen called out Brook for skipping the IPL, and now he coaches him

The ECB has hired the man it spent a decade avoiding. Kevin Pietersen joins Brendon McCullum’s white-ball staff as a specialist mentor, twelve years a...

Sep 2, 2026

CSK have not had a head coach since July, and Gaikwad says there is no rush

Stephen Fleming left Chennai in July and was named England’s Test coach 17 days later. Seven weeks on, CSK still have no replacement, and their captai...

Aug 13, 2026

Root scraps England’s curfew and tells his players to be adults

Joe Root has removed the midnight curfew England imposed after the Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson night out in June, six days before he leads the side ou...

Aug 10, 2026

England name Root’s first squad in four years, and Pakistan land for their first Tests here since 2020

Joe Root is England’s Test captain again, four years after he gave the job up, and his first squad brings Dan Lawrence back at six. Pakistan arrived f...

Jul 31, 2026

Root returns as England’s Test captain, but Fleming does not start until December

England have handed the Test captaincy back to Joe Root and the coaching job to Stephen Fleming, fresh from 18 years at Chennai Super Kings. Neither a...

Jul 30, 2026

Fleming is England’s frontrunner for the Test job, weeks after walking away from CSK

The Telegraph reports that Stephen Fleming is set to take over England’s Test side after Brendon McCullum’s sacking, though the ECB has confirmed noth...

Jul 14, 2026

Test cricket records: the biggest numbers in the sport’s oldest format

Test cricket has produced records that have stood for decades and a few that are shifting right now. Here are the biggest numbers the format has throw...

Jun 29, 2026

Ben Stokes calls time on his England career at Trent Bridge

England’s Test captain will retire from international cricket at the end of the third Test against New Zealand, closing a 15-year career that delivere...

Apr 25, 2026

KL Rahul’s 152 was the night an Indian finally hit 150 in the IPL, and his side still lost

Rahul’s unbeaten 67-ball 152 was the highest individual IPL score ever made by an Indian. He still ended up on the losing side. There has rarely been...

Mar 24, 2026

McCullum survives ECB review and stays as England head coach across all formats

Brendon McCullum will remain England’s head coach for Tests, ODIs and T20Is after surviving a post-Ashes review by the ECB. His contract has been exte...

Sep 25, 2025

Shining examples: The best New Zealand cricketers of all time

New Zealand has had many top-tier cricketers, but a certain few have stood out because of their amazing impact for the Black Caps.

Jun 25, 2024

Fastest century in T20 World Cup: Finn Allen’s 33 balls broke a record Chris Gayle held for a decade

Finn Allen scored the fastest T20 World Cup century off 33 balls in 2026, 14 quicker than Chris Gayle. The full list, all 18 tournament hundreds and t...

Mar 6, 2024

Hagley Oval pitch report: Test, ODI and T20I records and stats in Christchurch

Fourteen of the 15 captains who won the toss in a Hagley Oval Test chose to bowl, and the side batting first has won four. Every Christchurch record,...

Feb 11, 2024

Most centuries in T20I cricket: Maxwell and Rohit lead on five

Glenn Maxwell and Rohit Sharma share the record for most T20I centuries with five each. Seventeen players have three or more, and nine of them play fo...

Jun 5, 2023

Most sixes in Test cricket: Ben Stokes finished on top with 138

Ben Stokes hit the most sixes in Test cricket, finishing on 138 in 122 Tests before retiring in June 2026. The full all-time top 10, plus why Rishabh...

Mar 29, 2023

Most sixes in T20 cricket: Chris Gayle’s 1,056 still leads

Chris Gayle has hit 1,056 sixes in T20 cricket, more than any other batter. Here is the full list, plus the T20I and IPL six-hitting records.

Mar 1, 2023

Basin Reserve pitch report: Test and ODI records and stats in Wellington

The Basin Reserve hosts India’s first Test in New Zealand on 19 November. In 70 Tests the side batting second has won 30 to 16, and India have won her...

Sep 25, 2022

Chris Gayle dominates list for most sixes in a calendar year

Chris Gayle owns the record for the most sixes in a calendar year in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Sep 21, 2022

From Babar Azam to Virat Kohli, know the fastest to 2000 runs in T20 internationals

Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan became the joint-fastest to 2000 runs in T20 internationals after he scored 46-ball 68 against England i...

Jun 30, 2022

Can England’s white-ball reform trickle down to Test match cricket?

A new coach and a new captain – signs are repeating for the English cricket team, but will they be successful again?

May 28, 2022

Ben Stokes-led England host New Zealand in three-match Test series – watch live in India

England will be led by new captain Ben Stokes and new head coach Brendon McCullum.

May 9, 2022

Most sixes in an innings: Eoin Morgan, Chris Gayle dominate list full of cricket’s heavy hitters

Rohit Sharma holds the Indian record for most sixes in an innings, with 16 sixes in a 2013 ODI match against Australia.

Apr 16, 2022

Highest individual score in T20 cricket: Lhuan-dre Pretorius’s 188 not out breaks Chris Gayle’s record

Lhuan-dre Pretorius made 188 not out for Titans on 2 October 2026, the highest individual score in T20 cricket, ending Chris Gayle’s 13-year hold on t...