BIRMINGHAM: England must not let a deflated Australia "up off the floor", insists their head coach Trevor Bayliss, the Sydneysider who is only one win away from overseeing an Ashes triumph in his first series in charge. 
The former NSW and Sri Lanka coach only joined the England set-up a fortnight before the first Test and had barely met any of the players until that point. He said after an eight-wicket defeat of Australia at Edgbaston that England, with a 2-1 series lead, had to be ruthless to ensure the topsy-turvy nature of the past month here was not continued at Trent Bridge.
"I think we can take some lessons out of this match," Bayliss said. "Some of the Australians will be under pressure as we were in this game and hopefully we will be able to build on that pressure in the next match and not let them up off the floor.
"Confidence is a great thing to have, but we've got to be aware that we had that after the first Test and we got to Lord's and I don't think we bowled terribly well with the new ball on day one. 
"We've got to have that in the back of our minds and work out exactly what we've got to do, those plans to each of their batters...that we put the ball in the right spot. If we do that, and we can move the ball around, we know we're a good chance of taking wickets."
Bayliss strongly hinted that Mark Wood, who was replaced by Steven Finn at Edgbaston, would return for the injured James Anderson at Trent Bridge. Finn's selection was a stroke of genius - he was man of the match with eight wicket - and will now have to play a key role again with Anderson out with a side strain.
Wood has had an ankle complaint but Bayliss said he had improved.
"We are more than hopeful he will be right for the next Test but you never know with these things so that is a possibility that we might put two (extra fast bowlers) into the squad," he said.
"I'd like to see Mark Wood take the new ball as well. Our bowling coach, Ottis Gibson, thinks if we get an opportunity we should give him the new ball because he has been quite dangerous with the new ball with his county team. That's an option as well. We'll just have to wait and see who ends up in the XI."