On Thursday, McCullum, the former New Zealand captain who has worked majorly as a white-ball coach in T20 franchise cricket, was handed the job of England's Test coach. His first assignment will be England's three-match home Test against New Zealand, the current World Test Championship (WTC) winners, in June.
England is 2-0 down in the five-match series after losing the first and second Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide by nine wickets and 275 runs, respectively.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain has urged Joe Root and Co. to adopt a "we'll show them" attitude ahead of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.
After making 166/4 in 20 overs, England needed to defend 57 runs off the last four overs against New Zealand at Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. But Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, and Chris Woakes conceded 23, 14, and 20 runs in the next three overs respectively, tilting the match sensationally in New Zealand's favour.
Following his second operation on a fractured left index finger, Stokes has been given the go-ahead by his physician and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) medical staff to start training. He will go to Australia with the Test specialists and the Lions on November 4.
After being left out of the playing XI for the first Test, Broad even sought assurances regarding his future from national selector Ed Smith.
Hussain lauded West Indies for their fine performance, however, he did mention that England missed a trick by not picking Broad for the crucial opening Test of the three-match series.
Sunil Gavaskar further slammed Nasser Hussain, saying what does he know about the Indian team before Sourav Ganguly was appointed captain in the year 2000.
Broad chose to make his feelings known on national television after he was not picked in the first test that marked the resumption of sport post the coronavirus enforced break.
Following the win, Ganguly had waived his T-shirt at the Lord's balcony following -- an image which is still fresh in the mind of every cricket fan in the country.
