England’s collapse in New Zealand leaves Trevor Bayliss hurt and embarrassed

England coach Trevor Bayliss admitted he was embarrassed and hurt by his team’s capitulation on the first day of the opening day-night Test against New Zealand.

Trent Boult ran riot, taking six for 32, as Joe Root’s men collapsed to 58 all out at Eden Park. Only an unbeaten 33 from Craig Overton meant England passed their record low score of 45 in Tests after they had been teetering on 27for nine at one stage.

Asked to explain an abysmal performance that followed England’s 4-0 Ashes humbling earlier this winter, Bayliss said: “I can’t, it was a very poor effort today - it wasn’t good enough. I thought New Zealand bowled extremely well and we batted equally as badly.”

Questioned as to whether he was embarrassed by the collapse, Bayliss said: “Certainly and I probably wasn’t the only one in the England change-room either. As I said, it’s certainly not good enough.”

England have failed to win any of their past 11 overseas Tests and will surely not prevail in this one either after New Zealand closed day one on 175-3, a lead of 117.

Reminded that, as coach, he ultimately carries the can for results, Bayliss said: “Certainly, it hurts from that point of view. That’ll be up to you guys I suppose [whether he is sacked], what you want to write. But, look, whenever you don’t do well it does hurt. So, all we can do is take it on the chin, work out what we can do better and go back and work as possibly hard as we can at it.”

Bayliss was also frank when asked whether this batting horror show represented rock bottom for England during what has been a harrowing Test winter so far.

“On the scoreboard certainly - 58, that’s obviously well below par,” he said. “I thought we made a lot of mistakes today.

“It’s definitely frustrating that’s for sure. We’ll have to sit down and have a good chat about it. Is it a mental approach, is it something in our preparation? Are we good enough at working out how to play when we do lose wickets?

“Someone sneezes and the rest of the guys catch a cold don’t they? Everyone was making the same type of mistakes - feet not moving properly, decision making not as it normally is.

“That’s the way it happens. We’ve been on the other side of scores like that and its euphoria. This is the opposite.”

England dropped misfiring No3 batsman James Vince for this match and moved Joe Root one place up the order as returning all-rounder Ben Stokes was unable to bowl because of a back injury.

Did those changes affect the team? “When you have a day like today it’s easy to say yes I suppose,” said Bayliss. “I don’t think so. Ben’s been an important part of our batting line-up for a while and one of our better players and everyone enjoys him being around. I think we’ve got the best team we can pick from England here.”

The limited build-up Root and his players had for this series - just a pair of two-day warm-up matches - has been suggested as one excuse for this shocking display.

“I don’t think so,” said Bayliss. “Look, if it was the perfect build-up, it might have been nice to play another game or so but that’s just the way it is in international cricket these days.”

The one bright spot for England was Stuart Broad taking his 400th Test wicket when he dismissed Tom Latham in the final session.

“It’s a testament not just to his skill but his longevity and how hard he’s worked at his game over a long period of time now,” said Bayliss. “The wickets probably haven’t come his way the last six to 12 months but he’s bowled better than his figures have suggested.”