Who is England’s new coach Chris Silverwood?

After much speculation, England announced Chris Silverwood as the head coach on Monday. Silverwood replaces Trevor Bayliss, who stepped down at the end of the home season.

The 44-year-old has been the bowling coach of England for the last two years. His first competitive series will be England’s tour of New Zealand later this month which includes a five-match Twenty20 series starting in November and two Tests against the Black Caps.

Here are some facts on England’s new head coach:

• Silverwood has played 6 Tests and 7 one-day internationals for England from 1996 till 2002.
• A fast bowler from Yorkshire, he represented his native county for over a decade and helped them win a first County Championship title in 33 years in 2001.
• In 2009-10, Silverwood was offered the role of player-coach at Zimbabwe franchise Mashonaland Eagles where he played two matches, but later decided to focus on coaching. His side went onto win the inaugural Logan Cup.
• He was also the fast-bowling coach at Essex from 2010-2015. Essex were relegated from Division One of the County Championship in his first year at the club. Silverwood spent the following five seasons in Division Two.
• After working with the England Lions over the 2015-16 winter, Silverwood was elevated to the role of permanent head coach at Essex in 2016-17.
• After working with England’s ODI side at the back end of 2017, Silverwood replaced Ottis Gibson in the role of fast-bowling coach at the end of the 2017-18 Ashes.
• He retired from playing aged 34 in 2009 with 577 first-class wickets under his belt.