Chris heads up dawn of new regime

By Chris Stocks

In charge: Chris Silverwood, right, and Ashley GilesENGLAND dispensed with 122 years of tradition when they made the role of national selector redundant last month.Ed Smith, who had been in the job for three years, made way and it means head coach Chris Silverwood, in the words of England’s director of cricket Ashley Giles, now has the “ultimate responsibility” for selection.This was a move that had been in the pipeline ever since Giles – the former England spinner – took on his current role in December 2018 and is the most radical sha...

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