England eye to have one coach for all three formats, says Giles

As Trevor Bayliss's stint with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is set to expire later this year, director of the board Ashley Giles said the board is certain to have one coach in charge for their Test, One-Day-International and Twenty 20 International teams.

London: Trevor Bayliss, who has been in charge of England since 2015, will step down following the home Ashes series Australia scheduled to be played in August and September, and Ashley Giles said he would not like to have multiple coaches.

“I’m about 99.9 per cent sure that I want one man to do that job in the future,” the former England spinner was quoted as saying.

“The last thing we want is a football-style mentality where a guy comes in, brings his whole backroom staff with him, and the whole structure falls apart," he added.

“I think consistency of communication is really important," Giles said.

Giles, who took over the charge from former Test captain Andrew Strauss in December, didn't rule out the possibility of a home-grown coach replacing the incumbent coach.

Peter Moores was the last English man to manage the English cricket team in all three formats, from 2007 to 2009 and second stint from 2014 to 2015.

"We’ve had one lead English coach in 20 years, and he’s done it twice. It’s a pretty sorry state of affairs for our coach development department,” added Giles, who coached England’s limited-overs sides between 2012 and 2014.

England and Wales are scheduled to host the 50-overs World Cup starting in May. England are currently touring Windies where they lost the Test series 2-1 before winning the first ODI of the five-match series.