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Bayliss calls for specialist T20 coach

England coach says he's happy to step down from the T20 format should the ECB decide a specialist is suitable

England coach Trevor Bayliss has urged the England and Wales Cricket Board to consider hiring a specialist coach for their Twenty20 side, after they failed to make the final of the trans-Tasman T20I tri-series.

The England head coach has already confirmed he won’t seek an extension to his current contract which expires in September 2019.

But he believes there could be an advantage in England appointing a 20-over specialist with a view to preparing for the next World T20, to be played in Australia in 2020.

“The short answer is probably ‘yes’,” Bayliss said when asked if a T20-specific coach should be installed before his departure.

“Eventually you will have specialist coaches as well (as players).

“That will obviously be a discussion with higher levels, with (ECB director of cricket) Andrew Strauss and people like that.

“If that was what they thought was the way to go ahead, I’d be all for it. If not, I am more than happy to keep going and work with these guys towards that next T20 World Cup.”

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Bayliss has nominated his assistant, Paul Fabrace, as an ideal candidate for the role should it be created.

“Obviously, Paul Farbrace, I think, would do a grand job. If that’s a possibility down the line, so be it. We work pretty closely together anyway,” he said.

“When I was a number two, years ago, a bloke said to me the role of the number two is to make the number one look good. I think he’s done a good job in that respect.”

Bayliss caused a stir on Sunday by reiterating his view that T20Is shouldn’t be played at international level, with the showpiece World T20 the only exception.

"I haven't changed my opinion on it. I wouldn't play T20 internationals," Bayliss told Sky Sports after England defeated the Black Caps by two runs in Hamilton on Sunday.

"If we continue putting on so many games there'll be a certain amount of blowout with not just players but coaches as well.

"If you want to play a World Cup every four years or whatever it is, maybe six months before you get the international teams and let them play some T20 cricket.

"But I'd just let the franchises play (beyond that)."

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He reiterated the view on Monday, saying: “It is a difficult one. The way we are heading you are almost forcing players to make a decision as Rashid did to go one way or the other.

“There is so much cricket.

“If you play every form of the game - we have a few guys who do that - there is no way you can play every game. Your career would be three or four years long and that would be it."

It’s a view opposed by New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, whose side will face Australia in Wednesday's tri-series final.

"There's always a workload issue, I think that's fair, but there's also a revenue generation issue as well," he told reporters on Monday.

"In some countries that's not as big a deal but for New Zealand cricket, to get 35,000 people to Eden Park or whatever it was the other day is huge for us, huge for the game and huge for the promotion of the game.

"And we certainly get great support for T20 Internationals over here."

Trans-Tasman T20 Tri-Series

First T20I Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets. Scorecard

Second T20I Australia beat England by five wickets. Scorecard

Third T20I Australia beat England by seven wickets. Scorecard

Fourth T20I New Zealand beat England by 12 runs. Scorecard

Fifth T20I Australia beat New Zealand by five wickets. Scorecard

Sixth T20I England beat New Zealand by 2 runs. Scorecard

Final Australia v NZ, Eden Park, February 21. Scorecard

Australia squad: David Warner (c), Aaron Finch (vc), Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.

England squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, David Willey, Mark Wood.

New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Anaru Kitchen, Colin Munro, Seth Rance, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Ben Wheeler.