Trevor Bayliss has announced that he will step down as coach of the England cricket team in 2019.
The 55-year-old’s side have just been crushed 4-0 in the Ashes in Australia. However, he had told England director of cricket Andrew Strauss of his plans a year ago.
Bayliss was appointed in 2015, leading England to a home Ashes triumph in his first summer in charge and later presided over a Test series win in South Africa and a run to the final of the 2016 World Twenty20.
He spoke to BBC Sport: "I'm contracted to September 2019 and that will see me out. I've always felt that it's time for a change around that four-year mark.
"A new voice and a different approach reinvigorates things."
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