2019 World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss, on Thursday (October 17), has opined on England’s historical and maiden World Cup 2019 triumph at Lord’s after sports governing body (ICC) scrapped the controversial boundary count rule last week.
England lifted the 2019 World Cup on boundary count, but it was pure agony for New Zealand, as they lost the coveted title despite equal efforts in the final, though, the two teams could share the title, but ICC’s boundary count rule handed the trophy to the hosts at Lord’s.
It was a historic triumph for entire England and Eoin Morgan’s side but had a bit unfair to the Black Caps, as the result of the World Cup finale came on the boundary count, which left many with contrasting views on the hosts’ controversial success at Lord’s.
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After a lot of outrage in the cricketing fraternity, the ICC scrapped the rule, announcing that the Super Over will be repeated until one team has more runs than the other to declare the result.
However, Bayliss, former England coach, has insisted that the latest move by ICC was “fair enough” while saying the Three Lions didn’t make the rules in the last moment, but they were just lucky enough to end on the winning side on 14 July.
Bayliss told media, “Its history, isn't it. That's fair enough. Whatever rules the governing body has for any competition, rules to be played too. In the World Cup, everyone knew what the rules were and it's not that we made up the rules in the last moment. We were just lucky enough to end on the winning side.”
England’s World Cup-winning coach was recently appointed as head coach of the Abu Dhabi franchise in the T10 league and he admitted that the 10 over format is absolutely new for him.
The Australian continued, “Well from my point of view, to be honest, it's very new. Having only coached T20 in the past, I will be also new to this (T10) as well. There are some very good players in the draft and I am sure the eight teams will be very good.”
He picked the star all-rounder Moeen Ali as the icon player over Pakistan left-arm pacer, Mohammad Amir while hinting that the T10 won't be a batsman's game.
Bayliss explained, “If you have got five very good bowlers you might have to score just 50 runs to win. Teams might pick a team full of bowlers, five very good bowlers you might to score as many runs.”
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On his approach in T10 League, he said: “No I haven't studied it. Probably take out the middle 10 overs of the T20 match! (laughs) It's only 10 overs and we have seen batters go pretty hard straight up. Batters have been on the top in the last couple of seasons and bowlers play catch-up and they get even better and they work out how to get back in the game and we will get to see that in T10 cricket.”
After the Abu Dhabi event, Bayliss – who led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL titles in 2012 and 2014, will be next seen in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, where he will coach the Sunrisers Hyderabad and he is looking forward to once again greet with Indian fans.
Bayliss signed off by saying, “I am always excited to come to India. I was there with KKR for four years and then I am looking forward to Sunrisers Hyderabad. From the coaches’ point of view, it's all about helping the players realize their dream of playing cricket. Playing the game and enjoying.”
(With Sportstar Inputs)
