• Silverwood focusing on regaining Ashes in 2021• Midnight curfew for players will remain in placeChris Silverwood preached a return to the old-fashioned values of batting time and relentlessness with the ball as the newly installed
England men’s head coach outlined his vision of a Test team that can regain the Ashes in two years’ time.
The 44-year-old Yorkshireman, who steps up from the role of England’s bowling coach following a title-winning spell in charge at Essex, was officially presented at Lord’s on Thursday. Ashley Giles, the director of cricket who appointed him, praised an “outstanding” home-grown coach whose strong relationships can link up the national team with the domestic game and make them “the most respected” in the world.