article_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan remains favourite to Former skipper Strauss for a role that would have powers not enjoyed by anyone in English cricket since Ray Illingworth in the Nineties.
article_snippet.sent: Now the new regime at the ECB have moved the goalposts and the man Graves and Harrison want is clearly Vaughan, if the man Graves and Harrison want can persuade Vaughan to give up Vaughan extensive lucrative media work and other cricketing interests.
article_snippet.sent: Vaughan is here to commentate on
article_snippet.sent: Vaughan will need to build some bridges himself with a number of England players if Vaughan takes over but clearly Graves is not concerned by what has happened in the past and feels Vaughan fellow Yorkshireman is perfect for the role.
article_snippet.sent: Jimmy Anderson, who will be playing Vaughan 100th Test needing four wickets to become England’s leading wicket-taker, did not want to get drawn into which of Vaughan former England captains should get the big job.
article_snippet.sent: England bowler Jimmy Anderson refused to be drawn on who England bowler Jimmy Anderson would prefer to take up the role .
article_snippet.sent: really have an opinion because we’re concentrating on building up to a Test,’ said England bowler Jimmy Anderson.
article_snippet.sent: Even though it was a diplomatic answer it was perhaps revealing that England bowler Jimmy Anderson then named Hussain and Strauss as the best captains he has worked under, a view that was consistent with he autobiography where he offered little praise to the 2005 Ashes-winning captain Vaughan.
article_snippet.sent: Clearly, Peter Moores and even Alastair Cook will be almost auditioning for Vaughan in this series and it is impossible to see Peter Moores in particular carrying on as coach alongside a man in the 2005 Ashes-winning captain Vaughan who has been so critical of Peter Moores.
highlights_snippet.sent: But another former captain, Michael Vaughan, is favourite .