Farbrace to miss World Cup

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Farbrace said. “From a selfish point of view, I’d love to have been there at Lord’s on July 14 watching Morgs [Eoin Morgan] lift the World Cup.

“I’m desperately hoping England do well because it has a knock-on effect throughout English cricket and I’ll know I’ll have played a very small part in terms of contributing to the success this summer. It was definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.

“Whatever time it happened there was going to be some disruption and the least disruption has been decided to be now and everybody’s happy with that decision.”

Farbrace’s greatest impact with England was in reinvigorating the one-day international side after their abject performances in the 2015 World Cup. He was England’s interim head coach during the seminal ODI series against New Zealand in 2015: England scored 400, for the first time, in the opening game, heralding a radical shift in fortunes.

“Morgs set about telling the lads in one brief meeting that people had been picked for the way they had played for their counties and it was vitally important they carried on playing in that same way,” Farbrace recalled.

“Ultimately Morgs is very much in charge of this one-day side. I don’t think it will destabilise the mood at all. Things will move on very quickly.”

Farbrace has been linked with a number of roles in recent years and turned down the Bangladesh head coach’s job last year. He came to apply for the Warwickshire position after being approached by Neil Snowball, the club’s chief executive.

While his new job is a long-term one, Farbrace said that he may yet return to international cricket after a break from touring. “I am still reasonably young, so never say no to that,” he said.