He enjoyed considerable success as head coach of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team, winning the ICC World Twenty20 2014 and Asia Cup 2014.

[4] He was replaced as wicket-keeper by longstanding Middlesex player Keith Brown, who had played as a specialist batsman while Farbrace was in the side.

[7] Following a spell running the Kent Academy, he was appointed as the assistant coach to Trevor Bayliss for Sri Lanka in July 2007.

In the Clydesdale Bank 40, Kent finished runners up in their group to Warwickshire, narrowly missing out on reaching the quarter finals.

Sri Lanka secured a comprehensive victory over Bangladesh in the first Test between the two sides, winning by an innings and 248 runs.

This meant that in the seven matches played between the two teams, Sri Lanka won six, continuing Farbrace's impressive start to the job.

After winning all their games, Sri Lanka met Pakistan in the tournament final, where they won by five wickets to secure their fifth Asia Cup title overall and their first since 2008.

England got off to a good start in the ODI series, winning a rain affected match after bowling out Sri Lanka for just 144.

Following the defeat to Sri Lanka, pressure was put on England to make changes ahead of the series with India.

England then secured a comfortable victory in the fourth Test to go 2–1 up, with Ian Bell and Alastair Cook returning to form.

[citation needed] England's World Cup campaign got off to a poor start as they suffered a 111 runs defeat at the hands of Australia.

Defeat against Bangladesh ended any hopes of qualification, which led to suggestions that the current England coaching team could be replaced.

Moores remained in charge of England for their tour of West Indies despite the resignation of the man who appointed him, Paul Downton.

They bowled the West Indies out for 307 in the second innings, and then won the game by nine wickets thanks to contributions from Alistair Cook and Gary Ballance.

After Andrew Strauss was appointed Director of Cricket, Moores was sacked as England coach and replaced by his assistant, Paul Farbrace.

The decision to move Moeen Ali up the order did not work out, and England's spinners didn't offer a genuine threat throughout the series.

While England had modified their approach on the sub continent, they still played an aggressive brand of cricket, scoring 355 in the final game of the series.

Sam Billings and James Vince both came into the side and impressed, with Vince being named man of the series, while Chris Jordan returned to the side and demonstrated his credentials as a death bowler, bowling the Super Over in the final game of the series to help England win it 3–0, and make it six victories on the bounce.

After a high scoring second match, in which Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow both hit centuries, England won the third game of the series thanks to a superb bowling display from Stuart Broad.

However, Alex Hales' form with the bat was a major positive for England as was the emergence of Reece Topley in the bowling unit.

England lost the first game against the West Indies, and looked to be heading for defeat against South Africa, but Jason Roy and Joe Root ensured they chased down 230 for victory.

It looked like a collapse would be on the cards against Afghanistan, but Moeen Ali and David Willey lead the recovery to help England to a 15 run victory.

Good death bowling from David Willey and Chris Jordan saw England restrict their opponents to 153–8, and they went on to win the match by seven wickets.

England followed this up with another convincing victory, this time winning by 9 wickets after a Moeen Ali century and further impressive bowling performances from James Anderson and Stuart Broad.

England won the next match by 10 wickets after a record breaking opening stand from Alex Hales and Jason Roy, before the third game finished in a draw due to rain.

Ben Duckett and Haseeb Hameed both received their first call-ups, with Zafar Ansari, Gareth Batty and Adil Rashid also included.

Four players, Alistair Cook, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali scored centuries for England in the match.

Haseeb Hameed batted well for England in their second innings, although India chased down their small target to win by eight wickets.

Following the game, Hameed was ruled out for the rest of the series through injury along with Zafar Ansari, resulting in Keaton Jennings and Liam Dawson being called up to the squad.

The second game was tighter, but an impressive partnership between Joe Root and Chris Woakes saw England chase down their target of 226 to win by four wickets.