Trevor Bayliss

Trevor Harley Bayliss (born 21 December 1962) is an Australian cricket coach and former first class cricketer.

He played for New South Wales between 1985 and 1997 before becoming a coach.

He was NSW's player of the season for 1989–90, scoring 992 runs including two centuries.

After the end of his playing career, Bayliss became a development officer for the New South Wales Cricket Association and coached the NSW second XI for a number of years.

He replaced Steve Rixon as NSW coach in 2004–05 and led the state to the Pura Cup final where they defeated Queensland by 1 wicket.

Despite their success in the competition, they finished in last place in the 50 over competition.

In 2005–06 they couldn't defend the trophy the following season, finishing bottom of the league after winning just three games.

However, they did win the ING Cup.

After finishing second in the group and winning the final of the competition.

In the 2006–07 season their performance improved as they finished second in the league.

However, they lost the final against the Tasmanian Tigers.

Their performance in the ING cup worsened as they finished sixth in the competition, winning just three of their ten games.

He coached Sri Lanka between 2007 and 2011, a period which culminated in his team finishing as runners-up in the 2011 World Cup.

He has also coached the Sydney Sixers in Australia's Big Bash League and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

Trevor Bayliss succeeded Tom Moody as the coach of the Sri Lankan national team in August 2007.

He was selected ahead of Queensland Bulls coach Terry Oliver by a selection committee comprising former Sri Lanka Cricket officials and captains including Aravinda de Silva, Ranjan Madugalle, Michael Tissera, Sidath Wettimuny and Bandula Warnapura.

His first tournament in charge after being appointed was the 2007 T20 World Cup.

Sri Lanka won both of their group stage games but were eliminated in the super eight stage of the competition after winning just one of their three matches.

Following this Sri Lanka toured Australia for two Test matches but they lost them both to lose the series 2–0.

Bayliss won his first series in charge of the team after beating England 1–0 in a three match Test series in Sri Lanka.

However, they went on to lose the ODI series 3–2.

In the Commonwealth Bank series with Australia and India, Sri Lanka finished bottom of the group, losing five games and winning just two, with one game also being abandoned.

They drew the Test series against the West Indies 1–1 but lost the three match ODI series 2–0.

Sri Lanka's one day fortunes improved when they competed in the 2008 Asia Cup.

After winning both their group stage games, they qualified for the super eights where they won two matches and won one.

They were crowned champions after winning the final.

They then beat India 2–1 in a three match Test series but lost the limited overs series 3–2.

Sri Lanka won every game of their 5 match ODI series against Zimbabwe.

They finished the year with two Test against Bangladesh, with Sri Lanka winning both of them.

In 2009 they beat Pakistan 2–1 in a three match limited overs series and drew the Test series 0–0.

He was initially thought to have been injured in an attack on the Sri Lankan team during the tour, however this later turned out to be false.

In the 2009 T20 World Cup, they won both of their group games and continued their 100% winning record as they won all three games at the super eights stage of the competition.

After winning their semi-final they lost the final to finish as runners-up.

He also led the Sixers to a BBL title in the 2011–12 season and a CLT20 title the same year.

Under his management, the Knight Riders became IPL champions, twice, in 2012 and 2014.

Bayliss was coach of England from 2015 to 2019.

Under his coaching stint, the English Cricket Team won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

Bayliss was born and grew up in the country town of Goulburn, New South Wales, before moving to Sydney to play for the NSW state team.

A middle order batsman, he played in 58 first class matches, scoring 3,060 runs at an average of 35.58, and 50 List A limited overs matches.

He has also served as the Head coach for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League for two seasons- 2020 and 2021.