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Trevor Bayliss accepts offer to become new head coach of England cricket Trevor Bayliss accepts offer to become new head coach of England cricket
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England have turned to an Australian in their search for a head coach but it is Trevor Bayliss, not Jason Gillespie, who is understood to have accepted the position.England have turned to an Australian in their search for a head coach but it is Trevor Bayliss, not Jason Gillespie, who is understood to have accepted the position.
Just six weeks out from the first Ashes Test in Cardiff on 9 July, director of cricket Andrew Strauss has turned to the New South Wales coach who was in the running for the job last year before Peter Moores was eventually appointed.Just six weeks out from the first Ashes Test in Cardiff on 9 July, director of cricket Andrew Strauss has turned to the New South Wales coach who was in the running for the job last year before Peter Moores was eventually appointed.
Moores was sacked earlier this month and after Strauss failed to convince his former Middlesex team-mate Justin Langer to leave his role at Western Australia, the title-winning Yorkshire head coach Gillespie had become the frontrunner after meeting with Strauss twice last week.Moores was sacked earlier this month and after Strauss failed to convince his former Middlesex team-mate Justin Langer to leave his role at Western Australia, the title-winning Yorkshire head coach Gillespie had become the frontrunner after meeting with Strauss twice last week.
But despite positive talks, it has now emerged that his fellow countryman Bayliss has agreed to take over with contact between the 52-year-old and the England and Wales Cricket Board having stepped up a gear over the weekend, and their offer is now understood to have been accepted.But despite positive talks, it has now emerged that his fellow countryman Bayliss has agreed to take over with contact between the 52-year-old and the England and Wales Cricket Board having stepped up a gear over the weekend, and their offer is now understood to have been accepted.
Bayliss was lukewarm to the board’s initial approaches but has been swayed by a package that would see the money he earns as coach of New South Wales and the Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders doubled, with reports in Australia claiming he could earn as much as £300,000 a year in the role.Bayliss was lukewarm to the board’s initial approaches but has been swayed by a package that would see the money he earns as coach of New South Wales and the Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders doubled, with reports in Australia claiming he could earn as much as £300,000 a year in the role.
As well as the two jobs, Bayliss has been working as an advisor to Australian coach Darren Lehmann, who he could now face in his first Test series in charge of England. His previous experience also includes leading Sri Lanka to the World Cup final in 2011 and Twenty20 titles the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League.As well as the two jobs, Bayliss has been working as an advisor to Australian coach Darren Lehmann, who he could now face in his first Test series in charge of England. His previous experience also includes leading Sri Lanka to the World Cup final in 2011 and Twenty20 titles the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League.
The arrival of Bayliss will see him reunited with current England caretaker coach Paul Farbrace, who is now expected to slot back into the role of assistant, the position he held under Moores. The pair worked together in the Sri Lanka set up for two years before Farbrace left to become director of cricket at Kent in 2009.