Trevor Bayliss is set to become the next coach of London Spirit (Men) in place of Shane Warne. The World Cup-winning head coach is believed to take over on an interim basis for the coming summer after the sudden death of Shane Warne. Late Warne was their head coach for the inaugural audition of The Hundred, who died at the age of 52 last month.
The move means Bayliss and Eoin Morgan will once again work together after transforming England’s white-ball cricket between 2015 and 2019. Bayliss stepped down from the role at the end of the Summer of 2019 when the England ODI team failed to win the Ashes back from Australia in a drawn series after a memorable World Cup campaign. Bayliss, since then, has coached Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League (BBL).
Earlier, Bayliss had also worked with Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. After the Ashes, he has been linked with the Australia head coach role vacated by Justin Langer.
Meanwhile, the men’s Hundred draft has been delayed a week by Warne’s death and will now take place on April 5. The Hundred draft was scheduled to be conducted on March 29 but had to be postponed due to its clash with Shane Warne’s state funeral.
Reportedly, Warne will be given a public farewell at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on March 30, with 50,000 free tickets available on a public ballot. As far as The Hundred draft is concerned, London Spirit who finished last in 2021, will have the first pick in the draft.