"In conditions away from home that don't necessarily suit us, we need to be better, whether it's with the bat or the ball. We need to get more experience."
Monday 18 December 2017 17:51, UK
Trevor Bayliss says he is still the "right man" to coach England - and is determined to end their troubles away from home in Test cricket.
England are yet to be beaten in a home Test series since Bayliss took charge in 2015, defeating Australia, Sri Lanka, Windies and South Africa and drawing with Pakistan.
However, a 2-1 triumph in South Africa in early 2016 is their only Test-series success on the road, with England losing in India and against Pakistan in the UAE, drawing in Bangladesh and now relinquishing the Ashes in Australia.
"I think I'm the right man to lead the team forward," said Bayliss. "I think our performances have been pretty good over the last couple of years.
"We won every series during the English summer. But it's for people above my pay grade to make the decision about my future, so we'll leave it up to them."
"In conditions away from home that don't necessarily suit us, we need to be better, whether it's with the bat or the ball. We need to get more experience.
"Cricket Australia won't let our players come and play [Sheffield] Shield cricket, that's for sure, so maybe we should look at it the other way, and stop a few Aussie boys [coming to England] to get that experience?
"A lot of the young batters - the likes of Joe Clarke, Dan Lawrence, Keaton Jennings and Liam Livingstone - played well here for the Lions squad. They're the best young players coming through in England at the moment.
"We've got to try and get them as much experience in foreign conditions as we can if we want to be successful away from home."
James Anderson is England's leading wicket-taker in the Ashes series, the 35-year-old bagging 12 wickets at 25.83, including a first five-wicket haul in Australia, in Adelaide.
However, fellow senior players Stuart Broad (five wickets at 61.80), Alastair Cook (83 runs at 13.83) and Moeen Ali (116 runs at 19.33 and three wickets at 105.33) have struggled.
Bayliss, though, says he "hasn't given any thoughts whatsoever to making changes" as the side prepare for the final two Ashes Tests, in Melbourne and Sydney.
"There are a few guys disappointed they haven't done as well as they would have liked," added the Australian. "I wish I knew why they have underperformed.
"They know the consequences of not playing well and Alastair has played the game for long enough to know when it's time to go.
"They are all extremely good international cricketers and I expect them to come back from this - you need to have guys putting their name up in lights to take over.
"I haven't given any thought whatsoever to making changes. We'll have to see how these last couple of games in the series go."
