London--Michael Vaughan and Alec Stewart have both expressed an interest in taking on the newly-created post of director of England cricket.
The England and Wales Cricket Board announced the new position on Wednesday as Paul Downton lost his job as their managing director of cricket, with his current post also scrapped.
Vaughan, England's 2005 Ashes-winning captain, was immediately linked with the new role, with the recently-installed ECB chief executive Tom Harrison eager to have Downton's successor concentrate solely on cricket performance rather than administration.
This has led to the names of several former England captains being touted for the job, with Vaughan and Stewart, currently Surrey's director of cricket, both being mentioned.
But were Vaughan to take up the job he would have to put on hold his successful career as a media pundit and in his column for Thursday's Daily Telegraph he said he would need to know more about the ECB's intentions.
"It will take honesty and unity to make a change. In (incoming ECB chairman) Colin Graves and Tom Harrison we have a chance to change English cricket and admit our problems," Vaughan wrote.
"Let us finally do it. Stop looking at what your own county needs and ask what is best for English cricket moving forward and what is right for the England team to sustain a proper period of success.
"For the first time since retiring six years ago I am open to a conversation with the ECB. I am passionate about English cricket. I love the game and I always want England to move forward and be successful.
AFP
