A miserable overseas tour, a poor series result, regular defeats and ordinary performance are enough to change things upside down in the English cricket and it has become a trend since that horrible down under tour in 2013-14.
The same pattern may follow this time as well after suffering a 4-0 series loss against arch-rival Australia in the prestigious Ashes series. In the response to this defeat, England coach Trevor Bayliss has announced that he will finish his coaching stint with the team after World Cup 2019, which will take place in England.
“I’ve never been anywhere more than four or five years. Whether you’re going well or not, I have always felt that it’s time for a change around about that four-year mark – a new voice, a different approach reinvigorates things,” said Bayliss.
Further, he mentioned that England cricket director Andrew Strauss was aware of his plans since one year. “I told Andrew Strauss (director of England cricket) probably 12 months ago that September 2019 is when I’m contracted to and that would see me out,” he added.
However, the 54-year-old was in different opinion during the series and felt that he is the right man to fill these shoes. “I think I’m the right man to lead the team forward. But it’s for people above my pay grade to make the decision about my future, so we’ll leave it up to them.”
Meanwhile, Bayliss denied any shifting in the English team following this series loss. “I can’t see any big changes. We’ve known for a couple of years that we have been three or four performing players short of a very, very good team. We’ve had some good performances at home in Test cricket, but that has been on the back of our big five or six players,” he concluded.