Jos: We’ll win cup for Bayliss

JOS Buttler says England’s one-day contingent will be sad to see head coach Trevor Bayliss go next year but is already planning a grand farewell at the 2019 World Cup.

Bayliss has revealed he will call time on his reign when his contract expires at the end of next summer, setting in train a long goodbye which culminates in two of the sport’s biggest prizes on home turf.

While the Test team will be focusing on reclaiming the Ashes, the limited-overs squad, whose own tour of Australia begins with a warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI in Sydney today, are shooting for a first-ever World Cup success.

The fact that is even a realistic possibility is down to the radical overhaul of England’s white-ball cricket under Bayliss, who inherited a team weighed down by conservatism and turned them into one of the world’s most free-flowing units.

“Hopefully we can send him off on a high,” said Lancashire wicketkeeper Buttler.

“That’s always been our goal as a side.

“Trevor’s been fantastic for us, he creates a brilliant atmosphere around the team which allows people to go out and play in that free fashion.

“He doesn’t miss a beat, he sees everything that goes on and his great strength is he’s a great man manager. He really looks after people and gives them confidence. Any coach who can make the player feel 10 feet tall when they go out is fantastic.”