ICC World Cup 2019 | Four or five years is long enough, time for a new voice, says Trevor Bayliss

Four years ago, when Bayliss was roped in to the role of the head coach for England’s senior cricket team, he had a mountainous task in his hands. England had just crashed out of the 2015 World Cup with just two wins - namely against Scotland and Afghanistan. 

Along with a revived team management, the Australian set to work, and the results are there for all to see: England, the no.1 ranked ODI side in the world, favorites to win the 2019 World Cup, all set to play the final at Lord’s on Sunday. Bayliss has done his job. And he has no intention of staying any further. 

"I have always been a believer that four or five years is long enough, whether you are doing well or not. It is time for a new voice for the boys, to hopefully take them to another level," Bayliss told BBC radio, reported AFP.

With the end of his contract in September, after the upcoming Ashes series, Bayliss will step down from his role, whether or not England win the World Cup, and the Ashes as well. 

“Four years ago after the last World Cup, which was not good for England, we set out and had planning to hopefully win the 2019 edition, and it feels great that now we have a chance to fulfil those dreams,” Bayliss said. 

However, he is in no doubt that England still need to win the final on Sunday to prove the progress they’ve made in the past few years. Coming up against a confident New Zealand side, the coach admits that the job will not be easy. 

"We had a chat in the changing room (at Edgbaston) afterwards and realised we have not won anything yet. There is going to be a lot of noise around 'you guys are the favourites' - we can't listen to any of that. We have just got to concentrate on the way we have gone about our cricket over the past four years and what has got us to this point and go through our process," Bayliss added.