Ashley Giles is a candidate for England's vacant position of head coach

Giles will return to begin preparations for an interview with the ECB for the vacant position of head coach, uniting the Test and limited-overs roles that were split under Andy Flower's aegis at the end of 2012. Giles is favourite for a job that he "would love to do" and, while he is still honing his style as an international coach, his first principles are apparent: hard work, positivity and a sense of the commonweal. His praise for the "ego-less group" that England took to Bangladesh was telling.

There was recognition, too, that England's performance have sunk to an unacceptable low over the last six months, in which they lost 12-1 across all formats in Australia before achieving mixed results in the Caribbean and Bangladesh.