Bayliss promises 'positive, aggressive' England
Trevor Bayliss has promised England will "fight fire with fire" in the Investec Ashes this summer
'I remember when bombs and bullets were flying'
Trevor Bayliss has admitted his outlook on life was changed by the terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in 2009. Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach at the time, survived the attack alongside his assistant Paul Farbrace, who will link up with him once again in the England job.
"The short answer is yes, it did change my outlook," he said. "I certainly remember when the bombs and the bullets were flying around. I thought 'I can't believe we're actually being shot at; keep your head down and your arse up.'
"I actually had my head leaning back on the bus that morning because I had a bit of a headache. I had my eyes shut, so I was a bit slow to react and there was no room left in the middle of the aisle of the bus.
"I jumped down in between the seats and felt some shards of glass come down through my hair. I looked up and could see three bullet holes in the window about a foot above my head.
"To everyone's credit in the bus there was no shouting. Everyone was very calm. There was no crying, just 'ooh I'm hit, ooh so am I' and nothing louder than that for two or three minutes. Then there was a shout to get the bus going and get out of here.
"You just deal with it as best you can and get on with it. My philosophy is that if you worry about it too much it will follow you around. The way I've dealt with it has been from that point of view. There was nothing I could do about it."
That sense of perspective has fed into his coaching. He said that he has some sympathy for Shane Warne's oft-repeated view that the only coach you need carries the team to the ground in the morning.
"The best players have all been self-reliant," he said. "One of my philosophies is that the best coaches are the other 10 players in the team. The younger players look up to the older players and learn from them. If you're watching and listening and asking the right questions, you will learn more about the game than you will from any coach."
George Dobell is a senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo