Trevor Harley Bayliss (born 21 December 1962 in Goulburn) is a former coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. Bayliss is a former cricketer for New South Wales

New South Wales Blues

The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...

 and a former coach. He was selected in June 2007 for a two year term as coach of Sri Lanka from 1 August 2007.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career, Bayliss became a development officer for the New South Wales Cricket Association

New South Wales Cricket Association

The New South Wales Cricket Association is a sporting club who administer cricket in New South Wales, based at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Their trading name is Cricket NSW....

 and coached the NSW second XI for a number of years. He replaced Steve Rixon

Steve Rixon

Stephen John Rixon is the newly appointed Australian cricket fielding coach.He played in 13 Tests and 6 One Day Internationals between 1977 and 1985. He came into the Australian side as wicket-keeper in 1977–78 after Rodney Marsh joined World Series Cricket, losing his place on Marsh's return...

 as NSW coach in 2004-05 and led the state to the Pura Cup

Pura Cup

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during...

 final where they defeated Queensland by 1 wicket. They couldn't defend the trophy the following season but did win the ING Cup

ING Cup

The Australian domestic one-day cricket tournament, currently known as the Ryobi One Day Cup is the premier domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The competition includes the six first-class cricket teams in Australia, as well as formerly including the Canberra Comets and the...

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Trevor Bayliss succeeded Tom Moody

Tom Moody

Thomas Masson Moody is a former Australian cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Today he is the coach for the IPL team Kings XI Punjab...

 as the coach of the Sri Lankan national team in August 2007. He was selected ahead of Queensland Bulls

Queensland Bulls

The Queensland cricket team, nicknamed the Bulls, are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:*Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season...

 coach Terry Oliver

Terry Oliver

Terrence Glenn Oliver is an Australian cricket coach.Before becoming a coach, Oliver had represented Queensland Country at the National Country Championships on 5 occasions. He was part of the Australia Country team in 1989-90 and 1992-93.His first post playing role was as Queensland's Cricket...

 by a selection committee comprising former Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket, formerly the Board for Cricket Control in Sri Lanka , is the controlling body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lankan cricket team and first-class cricket within Sri Lanka....

 officials and captains including Aravinda de Silva

Aravinda de Silva

Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who is considered one of the finest batsmen produced by the country.He is also regarded as one of the most elegant batsman in his generation, and to date is the only player to make a hundred and take 3 or more wickets in a world cup...

, Ranjan Madugalle

Ranjan Madugalle

Ranjan Senerath Madugalle is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who became a match referee in 1993. He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy, and Royal College, Colombo....

, Michael Tissera

Michael Tissera

Michael Hugh Tissera is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three ODIs in 1975.He was educated at the prestigious S.Thomas College in Mount Lavinia where he captained the Thomian cricket team at the Royal Thomian Test series which is known as The Battle of the Blues on two occasions in 1957...

, Sidath Wettimuny

Sidath Wettimuny

Sidath Wettimuny is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as an opening batsman from 1982 to 1987...

 and Bandula Warnapura

Bandula Warnapura

Bandula Warnapura is a former cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He played 4 Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals during his international cricketing career from 1975 to 1982...

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Bayliss was initially thought to have been injured in an attack on the Sri Lankan team

2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

The Sri Lankan cricket team attack occurred on March 3, 2009, when a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers, part of a larger convoy, was fired upon by 12 gunmen, near the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of the second Test against the...

 during their 2008-2009 tour of Pakistan

Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2008–09

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, however this later turned out to be false.