England director of cricket Andrew Strauss has admitted that he is "excited" by the appointment of Trevor Bayliss as the national team's new head coach.

The 52-year-old Australian will officially take up the role next month, in time for the first Ashes Test in July.

Strauss believes that Bayliss will have a positive effect on English cricket, particularly the shorter format of the game.

"Trevor has an outstanding record as coach, has global experience and is very highly regarded in the game," he told the England and Wales Cricket Board's official website. "He has proved himself in both domestic and international cricket, has a strong reputation for man-management and has shown how to build winning teams in all three formats.

"His expertise in the shorter forms of the game will be vital as we build towards three major ICC events over the next four years; the ICC World T20 tournament in India in 2016 and the ICC Champions Trophy and ICC Cricket World Cup which will be staged in England and Wales in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

"Trevor will also work well with Paul Farbrace, an exceptional coach who will continue as assistant coach after helping us to an outstanding victory over New Zealand in the first Investec Test of the summer. This has been a very competitive recruitment process and we're grateful to all of the candidates who showed their interest in this role. I'm excited to have him on board."

England return to action on Friday when they start the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley.