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For the England Test team this is surely not a good time after they were outrightly demolished by Australia in the ongoing Ashes Test series. The Ashes was expected to be a thrilling clash but sadly it turned out to be a pretty one-sided affair as Australia dominated the first three Test matches after winning all of those three.
The Joe Root-led side had to face a lot of criticism and backlash because of their poor show but now they seemed to have got some respite after former England coach Trevor Bayliss opined that England skipper Root and head coach Chris Silverwood are not the only ones to be blamed for the humiliating Ashes show.
“Proud men”
“Joe Root and Chris Silverwood will be devastated by what has happened in Australia. They are proud men and good cricket people and I have every sympathy for them. They will be doing everything in their capabilities to put this right,” Trevor Bayliss wrote in his column.
“I would like to see England rally around them now because things are not going to improve overnight. It is the system above those in the firing line that needs to be looked at and it will take time to put processes in place to change things. It’s a collective rather than blaming one or two people,” Bayliss added.
The 59-year-old went on to compare the Australian system with the England system and expressed that contrary to the English methods, Aussies are preparing their players for Test cricket.
Lack of top-order players
He moreover, pointed out the lack of dependable top-order players. Bayliss feels that England Cricket Board (ECB) might need to answer some tough questions.
“The Australian system is clearly preparing players for Test cricket and England’s is not. And that leaves the ECB with hard questions to answer. I worked closely with Paul Farbrace and I saw what he wrote here about the same things being said now that we were saying when we were beaten in Australia four years ago. He is right,” he explained.
England team are scheduled to play the penultimate Test against Australia on January 5 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) while the final Test will start on January 14.
