JASON Gillespie has backed compatriot Trevor Bayliss to make a success of the England coaching job after being overlooked for the role himself.

The 40-year-old Australian will remain in charge of the county champions, much to the delight of the White Rose faithful and hierarchy, after close to three weeks of intense speculation.

Bayliss, currently coaching New South Wales, emerged as the ECB's preferred candidate before the start of day two of Yorkshire's LV= County Championship match against Somerset at Taunton.

And Gillespie was told by England director of cricket Andrew Strauss that he would not be getting a job which many believed he was the favourite for.

Gillespie said: "If it is Trevor, I'm fully supportive of it. He is a very good operator and I've only heard good things.

"Farby (Paul Farbrace) speaks very highly of him in his time he worked with him, so I can't say anything negative.

"England wanted a coach with a proven track record and if it is Trevor, as it appears likely that it is, his track record's absolutely unbelievable. I've got absolutely no qualms about that.

"If I put myself in Andrew's shoes, I'd probably make the same decision, if I'm honest."

Gillespie praised Strauss and ECB chief executive Tom Harrison, who he met twice, for their handling of the situation and spoke about his immediate future with Yorkshire.

"These are exciting times," he said, before lifting the lid on the dressing room banter between him and the players regarding the situation.

"We have made it very clear that we want to improve on our one-day cricket. We feel as though we have got the squad to compete in the one-dayers and the Twenty20.

"They know it has all been going on and they've just taken the mick out of me. Every time my phone rings they've been going 'Is that Straussy? Ask for a car!'. They've just been winding me up.

"We've got a great bunch of lads here and they do make you laugh. In the last week there has been all this speculation but it has not affected the lads."