Outgoing England head coach Trevor Bayliss is immensely proud of his team as it lifted the World Cup title on Sunday (July 14) at Lord's after four years of detailed planning and a lot of hardwork. 

England's resurgence began under the Bayliss-Eoin Morgan regime as they employed a free-spirited and more vibrant approach towards the limited-overs game, something previous generations of nation's skippers, coaches and selectors weren't quite acceptant of. 

"It's terribly exciting and justification for how we went about it for the last four years," Bayliss was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz at the sidelines of England team's celebratory parade at The Oval on Monday. "At different times we have copped a bit of criticism for the way we went about it. But we had an end goal in mind and this is the result. I am one from four now so I am quite happy with at least getting one."

"To see the joy on the boys faces yesterday and to see the way they celebrated in the dressing room was all worth it."

It was New Zealand only that really embarrassed England at its old-school One-Day game at the last World Cup in 2015. And it is against the same team that this rejuvenation began a few months later at home before culminating in the maiden World Cup title. 

"The way we performed throughout that (3-2 series win despite high-scoring match-ups in July 2015), the way Morgs laid things out and gave the guys opportunity to go and express themselves and play in that manner," said the team's mainstay batsman Joe Root. 

"And seeing us do it and adapt to it so quickly obviously meant that we were good enough to do it. But it's obviously a long road form there to continue to do it and look to improve be more consistent and grow as a team. It's been such a fun journey these last four years."

England's gung-ho approach was tough to be replicated on varying decks as the team lost quite a few games earlier on such surfaces. But the flat track bully tag was eventually thrown into the bin by just how well the team adjusted to different ground conditions throughout the World Cup. 

"The main plan was to let them go out and test the ceiling of how good they could be. We knew they were going to stuff up. We knew they would lose games and probably lose some games badly but you only get better from making mistakes and seeing how well you can play. Learn from those mistakes with a period of four years to get it right. The talent of the team was obvious very early on," Bayliss added. 

"That's the one thing I said yesterday to some of the coaching staff, that just showed how much these guys have grown over the four years."

"In one way, we have been practising for the last three and four years and learning to play on flat decks. There were games where we lost wickets and lost badly on wickets that were doing a little bit."

"But that's how much they have grown. They have learnt from those bad games and been able to play some smart cricket and adjust to wickets with a little bit in them. Hopefully, that's put that to rest," he concluded.