As England head coach Trevor Bayliss has decided to have a look at domestic structure, his assistant Paul Farbrace takes temporary charge of the team for the upcoming Twenty20 internationals against Australia and India, it was announced Friday.
Farbrace, who previously worked as Bayliss’s assistant when they were coaching Sri Lanka, will be in charge for Wednesday’s one-off Twenty20 against Australia at Edgbaston and the three-match home T20 series with India early next month.
Bayliss has repeatedly emphasised the fact that coaching an England side in all three international formats — Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s — leaves him with precious little time to do anything else, particularly given their packed programme in a home northern hemisphere summer and extensive annual off-season touring commitments.
