article_snippet.sent: Graves and new ECB chief executive Tom Harrison want to overhaul the system and make the new man more the equivalent of a football manager than a managing director, as was Downton.
article_snippet.sent: That means the director of cricket will probably be a hands-on presence in the dressing room with overall responsibility for coaching and selection, with the panel of selectors almost certainly being disbanded.
article_snippet.sent: It will be fascinating to see whether he changes a hard-hitting commentary style that has seen he criticise several of the players who he may well now take charge of, with the ECB the ECB looking to make a quick appointment.
highlights_snippet.sent: a 'distraction'
  Former skipper Strauss has been linked to ECB director of cricket role .
  