LONDON: England coach Chris Silverwood paid the worth for the crew’s woeful Ashes collection loss in Australia by leaving his submit on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board introduced.

Silverwood’s departure got here a day after Ashley Giles, who appointed him in 2019, was sacked from his function of England managing director males’s cricket.

England’s 4-0 reverse in Australia means they’ve now gained simply one in every of their final 14 Exams, albeit Silverwood’s tenure coincided with the coronavirus pandemic.

Former England captain Andrew Strauss has taken over from Giles on a brief foundation and can oversee the appointment of an interim coach for the tour of the West Indies in March “in the coming days”, in keeping with ECB chief govt Tom Harrison.

Harrison added Silverwood had given “absolutely everything” to make successful of the job”, pointing to Test series wins in South Africa and Sri Lanka, and that he was a man of “nice integrity” whom the players had enjoyed working with.

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“He has led the England males’s crew with nice resilience and empathy via an extremely difficult interval for English cricket, and he deserves our honest thanks and gratitude.”

Former England left-arm spinner Giles received fresh criticism during the Ashes for giving Silverwood sole authority to pick the side after being behind the sacking of national selector Ed Smith.

Silverwood, having been involved in a controversial rest and rotation policy during series losses away to India and at home to New Zealand in 2021, found himself under fire again following several bizarre selection decisions in Australia.

For all the strain of a gruelling schedule and ‘bubble’ cricket, it was hard to explain, for example, why England dropped James Anderson and Stuart Broad, their two most successful Test bowlers of all time, from the series opener in Brisbane.

England were quickly 3-0 down in a five-match series, making a mockery of Silverwood’s remark that the “Ashes are a marathon not a dash” given the side’s need to make a good start.

They only avoided a whitewash with a draw in the fourth Test when Silverwood was in Covid-enforced isolation.

The 46-year-old former Test paceman joined the backroom staff in 2018 as a bowling coach before succeeding Trevor Bayliss as head coach after a drawn home Ashes series the following year.

Silverwood was tasked with improving England’s Test record after their white-ball form had improved so spectacularly under Australian coach Bayliss that Eoin Morgan’s men won the 50-over World Cup three years ago.

But not even the form of England star batsman Joe Root, who appears set to remain as Test captain, could prevent a succession of damaging collapses.

“It has been an absolute honour to be England head coach and I am extraordinarily proud to have labored alongside our gamers and employees,” said Silverwood in the ECB statement.

“The final two years have been very demanding however I’ve actually loved my time with the crew. I’m very happy with this group contemplating the challenges.”