India, July 12 -- Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, was sacked as England's Test coach on Sunday. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) made the bombshell announcement on Sunday evening; however, Baz will keep his post as the white-ball coach. The pressure was mounting on McCullum after the loss in the Ashes, and his position became all the more untenable after the series defeat against New Zealand.

Recently, Ben Stokes announced his retirement from international cricket, and following this call, the future of McCullum and the Director of Cricket, Robert Key, came under scrutiny. Stokes' decision to retire came a few days after the nightclub incident, for which the England captain was also left out of the squad for th...