During his tenure, England could only manage 2-2 home series draws against Australia (2023) and India (2025), while suffering heavy 4-1 defeats away from home against both sides.
“I don’t think we got what we wanted really,” he added. “Fundamentally, you want to be winning the big series. India and Australia are the marquee series and if you don’t win those you haven’t quite been able to achieve what you wanted to.
“I thought we had opportunities against both of those quality oppositions and we achieved some good stuff over the four years but, fundamentally, the results didn’t live up to it at the back end, hence the decision was made.”
With the Test setup now behind him, Brendon McCullum has already shifted his focus to the future in his role as England’s white-ball coach, with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027 firmly in his sights.
England were dominant in the recently concluded T20I series against India, sealing a commanding 4-0 victory and climbing to the top of the Men’s T20I rankings, and will be hoping to carry that momentum into the ODI series, which begins on 14 July.
