Names in the frame

Three-time Ashes-winning coach Andy Flower has left some big boots to fill as the next England team director. We look at some of the contenders for the vacant position...

Ashley Giles, oach of England and captain Alastair Cook (R) walk back to the pavillion after inspecting the pitch

Tuesday 4 February 2014 13:24, UK

The race to replace Andy Flower as England team director is already hotting up, before the formal recruitment process has even begun.

Shane Warne

Credentials: One of the game's greatest players in history and - beneath his showbiz bluster - a fine tactician. What he said: Wrote on Twitter he would "think about" the England job, though later backtracked somewhat. Chances: Anyone who has heard Warne's comically partisan commentaries will know England does not feature in his thinking. The ECB, meanwhile, would not mourn his absence from their shortlist.

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