Though McCullum’s appointment represents the start of a new era, England could — in Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Mark Wood and captain Jos Buttler — field five of their world champion XI in the same line-up during the three-match series in India. That would be more than played together in any ODI in 2024, and had Ben Stokes been fit, it may well have been six.
