Mark Ramprakash calls Chris Silverwood's sacking as coach 'inevitable'

Mark Ramprakash was not surprised at all to see Chris Silverwood sacked as England coach even though he was saddened by his dismissal.

The former England cricketer and batting coach said the decision to dispense with Silverwood was inevitable after England's resounding 4-0 series defeat to Australia in The Ashes.

And while he admitted Silverwood's job was made harder due to the pandemic and England's rotation policy to strengthen the white ball game, he also criticised the coach for his handling of the team.  

'Without a doubt there were mitigating circumstances, absolutely. We should remember that,' Ramprakash told Sky Sports News. 

'But equally, some of the tactical decisions and selection decisions that were responsibilities given to him by Ashley Giles - so that he had sole power over English cricket for both white ball and red ball - those decisions just did not add up. 

'It wasn't just one or two people in the cricket world thinking they didn't understand it. It was virtually every person I spoke to, they just could not believe what was going on in front of them.' 

'We should point out mitigating circumstances with the pandemic and the rotation policy. That didn't go down that well, and players seemingly were rested and rotated for the benefit of the one day team, not the Test side. 

'And this is where I've got a lot of sympathy for Joe Root, whose been carrying the team on his back and been outstanding with his own individual form. But he's been left in a position without his best side too often, and when you look at the Test side in Australia, to me, it doesn't have a nucleus. 

'I think it's been eroded over recent years. As such, they came up against a really good Australia side. Australia had doubts over