Michael Vaughan: Brendon McCullum and Rob Key lucky to avoid sack after ECB review of England's Ashes

Rob Key and Brendon McCullum were appointed England team managing director and head coach respectively in 2022

Former captain Michael Vaughan says England head coach Brendon McCullum and managing director Rob Key were "very lucky" not to be sacked in a post-Ashes review.

McCullum, Key and Test captain Ben Stokes are to remain in their posts despite the 4-1 Test series defeat in Australia.

It was a tour which critics claimed involved inadequate planning, and which was blighted by poor performances and off-the-field issues.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Gould said during a media briefing to discuss the review's findings that dispensing with McCullum and Key would have been the "easy thing to do".