England vs Australia, third ODI: Trevor Bayliss demands more England aggression

England coach Trevor Bayliss has called on his team to be more aggressive in order to keep the one-day series alive against Australia.

England and Australia come face to face for the third time in the Royal London Series in today’s day-night game at Old Trafford in the knowledge that another defeat would mean a series loss for the hosts. And Bayliss said: “We may have gone into our shells a little bit. It’s a bit of a juggling act. Being positive and aggressive to me is not just hitting fours and sixes. It’s that mental positive and aggressive approach. I think we maybe forgot what our game-plan is now.”

Following on from the Ashes series win, England lost the opening one-day game by 59 runs, while Australia were again victorious in the second encounter at Lord’s on Saturday.

Bayliss also called on his bowlers to sharpen up, adding: “I think we have gone for a few too many runs. We have to make it as difficult as possible for opposition batters to score runs. We have to bowl to our field better than we have done.”

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