A year after England’s dramatic
World Cup final victory, their coach recalls the super-over drama and how seconds after the triumph he needed to be alone
The pandemic prevented Trevor Bayliss from collecting his OBE last month but the World Cup-winning former
England coach – a phrase the man himself would take serious issue with – is more worried about its impact on the English game at the start of our chat about the victory’s first anniversary.
“It’s just so unfortunate,” says Bayliss, from his home in New South Wales. “I was looking forward to seeing if there would be an uptick in interest, people playing
Cricket off the back of the World Cup. It’s hit everyone around the world but this Covid thing really came at the wrong time for the game in England.”