Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that he is not in favour of Brendon McCullum being appointed the head coach of the white-ball sides too alongside the Test team. The veteran reflected that Rahul Dravid did the all-format role well for almost four years, but he also believes McCullum might not want that as well. Having been appointed in May 2022, Matthew Mott stepped down as the coach of England’s white-ball sides effective immediately on Tuesday, July 30 as the board has appointed Marcus Trescothick in the interim role as well.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Hussain said: “I don’t think it’s the right thing to do. It has worked for other nations… for India, Rahul Dravid did it very well, but I don’t think McCullum or others would want it [both jobs]. Coaches are quite happy having some time to themselves, and have the ability to do some work in the IPL maybe – though whether an England coach could do that at the same time, I don’t know?”

However, Mott had started his tenure on a positive note by scripting England’s 2nd T20 World Cup victory in November 2022. However, the failure to defend their 50-over and T20 World Cup put his position under scrutiny.

“My first reaction is it’s a bit of a shame, but not unexpected. Ultimately you’re judged by results. Results started very well, on the back of continuing the Eoin Morgan/Trevor Bayliss era… they had that immediate success, winning the T20 World Cup in 2022. But since then, it’s gone completely in the other direction. The 50-over World Cup [in 2023] was a poor, poor performance, it really was. They were so far off the mark, in terms of results and decision-making,” Nasser Hussain concluded.