England’s woeful showing in the Champions Trophy, as well as their two white-ball series in India beforehand, has left many questioning the management’s philosophy of trying to unify the bowling ...

England have lost their last seven one-day internationals, winning only 18 of 45 with Buttler as captain, but McCullum said the 34-year-old remained a key member of a team in need of a rebuild.

into a band of brothers for next winter’s Ashes series, a holy grail should England manage to win it. It will all seem rather spurious now that McCullum has overseen nine defeats in England’s ...