Mark Wood targets consistency and accuracy after boost from Brendon McCullum - The fast bowler, who turned 35 this month, is at the start of his latest comeback.

Harry Brook revealed that the message from coach Brendon McCullum has remained the same despite England's 1st T20I loss to India in Kolkata. Brook also claimed he is aiming to be a match-winner for his side during the series.

England's men's cricket team goes into a five-match T20 series against India starting with the first match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata with twin aims -- they want to put in place a possible World Cup-winning unit under Brendon McCullum who has taken over charge as all-format coach.

Jan 21 (Reuters) - England begin their white-ball era under Brendon McCullum in a Twenty20 series against India beginning in Kolkata on Wednesday with the coach promising the same attacking brand of cricket that has been the hallmark of his coaching.

Though McCullum was given the dual responsibility of England red-ball and white-ball teams in September 2024, this will be his first white-ball series as head coach because in between he had coached the team on Test tours of Pakistan and New Zealand while Marcus Trescothick filled in as interim coach for ODI series.

Brendon McCullum is set to begin his role as England's white-ball head coach in Kolkata on Wednesday. Meanwhile, he has vowed to carry the Test team's aggressive, entertaining approach into the series against India and beyond.

Under scrutiny for recent losses as India head coach, Gautam Gambhir has found an ally in Brendon McCullum. The former New Zealand captain and England head coach praised Gambhir, calling him ‘a really strong leader of men.

"But, hopefully, we will chisel away at that over the next few weeks, and we’ll be in good shape come that Champions Trophy,” says McCullum.

England captain Jos Buttler began the Brendon McCullum era with a solid and fighting fifty in the first T20I against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

England coach Brendon McCullum said Monday he hopes his side emerge from a ... The tourists, led by Jos Buttler, will face India in the first of five T20 internationals at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Wednesday. The India series marks England's first limited ...

However, somewhere in between Morgan’s resignation midway through a series against the Netherlands in June 2022 and the end of England’s horrendous World Cup defence in India the following year, the magic was lost from the white-ball set-up. The rot was allowed to set in under Australian coach Matthew Mott.

Brendon McCullum is reluctant to wrap Mark Wood and Jofra Archer in cotton wool after assembling an arsenal of quicks for England that could “blow teams away”. England’s nee