The tourists, led by Jos Buttler, will face India in the first of five T20 internationals at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

"A lot of good will come out of this tour. I'm 100% positive about that," McCullum told BBC Sport.

"I'm not blind but he's done so well for us and he's had such an impactful career ...," McCullum said.

The word Bazball is one of the 10 new words to have found a space in the prestigious dictionary.

England's unwavering commitment to playing attacking cricket without fear under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendan McCullum was once again vindicated on Thursday when the hosts took control of the fourth Ashes test against Australia.

"I ... believe that the Ashes is the script that the skipper is waiting to write, so he'll be sweet. I don't have any concerns," he told reporters in Wellington at the conclusion of the drawn series with New Zealand

The absence through injury of fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is a "big loss" to Pakistan in the three-match Test series starting this week, England head coach Brendon McCullum said Monday.

Afghanistan is ready for the "huge honour" of making their landmark Lord's debut, officials say ahead of next week's match, after a fairytale rise catapulted them into the elite club of Test nations last month.

New Zealand's Brendon McCullum has been ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League season with a hamstring strain, heaping fresh misery on his Gujarat Lions team.

With Australian opener David Warner at the helm, Sunrisers Hyderabad defy all odds with their four-pronged pace attack, and managed to climb to the top of the points table despite a precarious start to their campaign.

Brendon McCullum blasts into history with the fastest hundred in his final Test match to leave Australia shell-shocked on an unforgettable day at Hagley Oval.

Brendon McCullum's one-day international career ends with a 55-run win over Australia at Seddon Park, though the legacy of the aggressive right-hander is likely to have a much longer effect on the sport in New Zealand.

See the best moments of the first semifinal of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Auckland where New Zealand and South Africa locked horns

Hosts New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first in the sixth match of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 at University Oval in Dunedin. Losing the toss and batting first, Scotland were packed for 142 runs. The Kiwis were made to pay to chase down the score. NZ now have four points in the Pool A.