Australia's trevor Bayliss appears to have overtaken Jason Gillespie in the race to be the new permanent head coach of England after his compatriot revealed he is out the running.
Gillespie had been regarded as the favourite to replace the recently-sacked Peter Moores
The former Australia fast bowler is currently the coach of English county champions Yorkshire and was appointed to that role by Colin Graves,now the chairman of the England and Wales
But reports in Australia and Britain said Andrew Strauss, the ECB's new director of cricket, was poised to make an offer to experienced coach Bayliss.
And Gillespie later confirmed that he was no longer in contention for the position.
The 52-year-old Bayliss guidud New South Wales to two domestic first-class Sheffield Shield titles in Australia and was Sri Lanka's coach when they reached the 2011 World Cup final.-AFP.