And so it begins. At 7pm on Wednesday evening, Ashley Giles became the first to fall as the ECB began cleaning house following the abomination of the Ashes, and a comically bad 2021 in Test cricket.
The first whispers came through 24 hours earlier after the England and Wales Cricket Board had met to pore through the wreckage of England’s 4-0 defeat. By the morning, Giles had been informed by chief executive Tom Harrison that this was the end. The statement released hours later stated he had stepped down as managing director of the England men’s cricket team. No doubt with a helping push.
