• England coach says: ‘No one remembers losing semi-finalists or runners-up’
• Bayliss gave his support to Eoin Morgan despite the lack of a expansive inningsThere is a temptation to celebrate too much after England’s victory over Sri Lanka and their scarce qualification for an ICC semi-final and Trevor Bayliss is well aware of that.
England’s phlegmatic,easy-going, drawling, and adopted Aussie,who has a habit of improving cricket teams somehow, had a simple message on the morning after, or which he was going to impart to his players as soon as they reconvened for practice before Wednesday’s semi-final against New Zealand. The mood at the team hotel among wealthier supporters,ECB officials and even gnarled old pressmen was one of congratulation that England had progressed so far. But this was not Bayliss’s state of intellect.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com