On Thursday, McCullum, the former New Zealand captain who has worked majorly as a white-ball coach in T20 franchise cricket, was handed the job of England's Test coach. His first assignment will be England's three-match home Test against New Zealand, the current World Test Championship (WTC) winners, in June.
Stokes plans to bat himself at six and is hoping that prospective players that harbour aspirations of batting in England's recently frail top and middle-order will give him plenty to ponder by scoring a bulk of runs at the county level ahead of the first Test of the summer against the Kiwis at Lord's on June 2.
Banton was snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the upcoming season of the IPL for his base price of Rs 1 crore.
Vaughan wants the youngster to participate in the County Championship and present a case for himself in the England Test team.
Earlier, reports had suggested that Gary Kirsten, the former head coach of both South Africa and India, was the front runner but that he fell behind Silverwood after the interview.
England Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman Colin Graves feels young people “are just not attracted to cricket” and that is the…
