England's red ball coach Brenda McCullum took the English test team to new heights by redefining the way they played the longest format after Laurel's in test Cricket baz will be taking over from Matthew M who could not complete his four-year contract due to recent results in ICC tournaments mullum will be taking over from January 2025 starting with England's tour of India followed by the Champions Trophy brendam mccullum's appointment as white ball head coach will also end the split coaching approach that was brought in by ecb's managing director Rob key in 2022 a big reason for parting ways with Matthew M was also England's underwhelming performance in the ICC ODI World Cup in India and then crashing out in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup the international schedule will be easing out from 20125 and managing both red ball and white ball teams will not be that big a challenge for the 42 year old Rob key also mentioned that makalum will go to New Zealand for a short break after the ongoing Sri Lankan series and join the team in October ahead of England's tour of Pakistan