Farbrace, credited with helping kickstart England’s revival in one-day cricket, will succeed Ashley Giles as the sport director at Edgbaston after England’s tour of the West Indies ends next month.
Bayliss had already announced he was standing down as England head coach when his contract ends in December, leaving Farbrace facing an uncertain future.
Former Kent and Middlesex wicketkeeper Farbrace, who first worked under Bayliss when the latter was Sri Lanka coach, joined the England staff in 2014 after guiding Sri Lanka to the World Twenty20 title that year.
The pair have since helped guide England to the top of the one-day international rankings and made them one of the favourites as they go in search of a maiden men’s World Cup title on home soil.
But Farbrace, 51, will not now see the job through, although he was confident the team would succeed without him.
‘Create history’:
“I have been fortunate to taste some genuine success and be part of the development of some excellent players, who have the world at their feet this summer,” said Farbrace in an England and Wales Cricket Board statement.
“I wish them every success. I believe they have the right attributes to create history by lifting the World Cup in July and winning the Ashes that follows it.
“There is never a great time to leave an international set-up and despite what will be a fantastic summer for English cricket, the opportunity to shape the future of one of the game’s biggest counties was too much to resist.
Giles paid tribute to Farbrace by saying: “Paul was integral, alongside, Andrew Strauss, Trevor Bayliss and Eoin Morgan, in transforming our white-ball strategy, which has seen us become the best team in the world leading into a World Cup year.”
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