After agreeing to take charge of the one-day side, coach Brendon McCullum says Test captain Ben Stokes is 'determined to drive this team forward'.
Brendon McCullum expects Ben Stokes to be "all in" after the New Zealander extended his England contract by two years to take control of both the Test and white-ball teams.
Before McCullum extended his brief this week, it seemed likely that he and Stokes would leave their roles at the end of the next Ashes series in Australia in the winter of 2025-26. Buttler has often been in a tetchy mood, which McCullum described as "a little bit miserable at times". "The opportunity for the next three or four years - however long he plays for - is just to enjoy it. Not to protect anything. Just get the most out of all those guys around him, keep walking towards the danger, play with a smile on his face and try to do something which is really cool."
At 6ft 7in, with the ability to bowl a lively pace and swing the ball, Hull is the latest in a line of players picked by England on their attributes and potential rather than domestic record. "Josh Hull is 6ft foot heaps, bowls left-arm, ranges in pace from 80 to 90mph, swings it not too dissimilar to the likes of Jimmy Anderson. He’s 20 years of age, from good farming stock. It’s not a huge gamble, is it?"
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