England Cricket dismisses Chris Silverwood as head coach

England Cricket Board sacked their head coach Chris Silverwood, post the disastrous 4-0 defeat in the Ashes. This expected decision comes a day after parting ways with Ashley Giles as director of men's cricket. The decision also comes before England goes out for the next 3-match test series in West Indies.

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ECB chief executive officer Tom Harrison said, "During his time in the role Chris has given absolutely everything to make a success of it. He is a man of great integrity, who players and staff alike have enjoyed working with. Under Chris, England's whit-ball teams have been ranked first and second in the world while he also led the Test team to a number of series wins including away in South Africa and Sri Lanka."

He further added, "He has led the England Men's team with great resilience and empathy through an incredibly challenging period for English cricket, and he deserves our sincere thanks and gratitude. In the coming days, Andrew Strauss will appoint a caretaker coach for the tour of the West Indies and will then consider the appropriate coaching structures to help England move forwards."

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Silverwood's journey as the head coach:

Silverwood got the promotion of the head coach from the assistant coach in 2019. He succeeded England's World Cup-winning head coach's role, Trevor Bayliss, in October 2019. He lost his first Test series as the head coach in New Zealand. Then he went ahead with 4-series victories in a row against South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Moving to the next few series, England won the first Test in February 2021 against India by 227 runs in Chennai. But then lost to 3 consecutive defeats and a 4-1 series defeat along with many batting failures. Once again, England faced failure against New Zealand in the home summer with 1-0. Also, England was 2-1 down against India after 4 Tests. Later, the 5th and the 6th game was postponed due to Covid-19.

Chris Silverwood said post the announcement, "It's been an absolute honor to be England head coach, and I'm extremely proud to have worked alongside our players and staff. I want to thank them all for the hard work and commitment they have given during my time in the role and I wish them all the very best moving forward."