Ashes: Trevor Bayliss to step down in 2019

London : Trevor Bayliss will step down as England coach when his contract expires at the end of the 2019

Ashes. The 55-year-old has just seen his side beaten 4-0 in Australia, but told England director of cricket Andrew Strauss of his plans a year ago.

“I’m contracted to September 2019 and that will see me out,” the Australian told BBC Sport.

“I’ve always felt that it’s time for a change around that four-year mark.”

Bayliss led England to a home Ashes triumph in his first summer in charge and later presided over a Test series win in South Africa and a run to the final of the 2016 World Twenty20.

With the World Cup on home soil in 2019, England’s steady progress in the 50-over game has been such that a semi-final defeat in the 2017 Champions Trophy was seen as a disappointment.