Former England captain and ECB director of cricket, Andrew Strauss, has expressed his disappointment at English candidates being overlooked for coaching roles in The Hundred, while also weighing in on how best to replace the “fantastic” Trevor Bayliss.
Bayliss, who was appointed by Strauss as England’s head coach in 2015, will leave the role at the end of the 2019 Ashes series.
The ex-England opener, speaking to the media at Lord’s on Wednesday, believes that it will be difficult for one coaching unit to cover all formats in the international arena for England. “I don’t think its sustainable for the same coaching team to do everything,” he said. “Whether it’s a coach or assistant coaches, you need people to be able to come and go because it’s just too much.
“There is a bit of a chicken and egg situation: unless England coaches get an opportunity, how do they get the experience? We’ve always got to look for opportunities for our English coaches to get more experience than just county coaching gigs. They need to do more than that if they’re going to be viable candidates for England jobs going forward.”
