Ashley Giles sacked as England team director after dismal Ashes campaign
Ashley Giles has been sacked as the England cricket team director, with Andrew Strauss replacing him on an interim basis
January 2022
Sportblog
Welcome back to Test cricket – there’s much life in the grand old game
Barney Ronay
At last there is a contest in this Ashes series, while action in New Zealand and South Africa shows the red-ball duel is in rude health: take note, ECB
Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can
Andy Bull
The ECB managing director of men’s cricket came across as thin-skinned and indignant as he attempted to explain Ashes failure
Giles calls for systemic change in English cricket after Ashes defeat
Ashley Giles, the managing director of the England men’s team, apologised for losing the series but was not drawn on the futures of the coach, Chris Silverwood, and the captain Joe Root
December 2021
English cricket must aspire to more than Giles’s brand of middle management
Jonathan Liew
The England setup seems to be lacking the innovation, imagination and variety of voices that moves a team forward
November 2021
Ashley Giles suggests Michael Vaughan should be given ‘second chance’
The England managing director has indicated he believes Michael Vaughan should be given a chance to be rehabilitated and resume his media career following allegations of racism made against him
July 2021
England on a knife-edge, says Ashley Giles, as ODI squad starts isolation
England’s ODI squad that faced Sri Lanka are self-isolating, leading to a whole new squad to play Pakistan but Ashley Giles said: ‘I don’t believe we’ve gambled’
March 2021
Alex Hales offered a way back towards England setup by Ashley Giles
Ashley Giles has begun plotting a possible route for Alex Hales to return to the England setup after admitting the door cannot stay closed on the opener forever
September 2020
Giles praises England players' pay realism as Bairstow drops off red-ball list
Jonny Bairstow has dropped off the red-ball list as England hand deals to Zak Crawley, Dom Sibley and Ollie Pope, but the players can expect pay cuts
June 2020
Ashley Giles warns England players isolation bubble will be no holiday camp
Seven more Pakistan squad cricketers test positive for Covid-19
May 2020
England cricketers must use own balls among new training rules
England’s cricketers will each be allocated their own box of balls – but barred from applying any saliva to them – when they restart training next week
April 2020
Ashley Giles admits England are unlikely to play again until July
The England team director also said players have ‘no excuses’ not to stay fit during lockdown
December 2019
England want Moeen Ali back for Tests when he is ready, says Ashley Giles
Ashley Giles said ‘there is no doubt that we want Moeen back’ but added he is wary of the pressures a packed schedule puts on players
November 2019
Chris Silverwood to return early from New Zealand due to family bereavement
England will rally round ‘hurt’ Jofra Archer, says Ashley Giles
October 2019
Chris Silverwood brings more homely touch to England’s quest for success
Chris Silverwood is more likely to be a calm supporter of the England players rather than a constant cajoler in the mould of Peter Moores
Chris Silverwood’s England brief is to reinvent Root as batsman and captain
Ashley Giles has said he hired Chris Silverwood as he was the best man to provide more structure and support for the Test captain Joe Root
England coach Chris Silverwood wants Test team to get the basics right
Chris Silverwood, the new England coach, said he wants his team ‘to bat long periods of time’
July 2019
England’s search for ‘best bloke’ to replace Bayliss has begun, says Giles
‘Relaxed conversations’ are taking place, England’s director of cricket, Ashley Giles, has said: ‘It’d be nice to have an English coach but we’ve got to get the best bloke’
