article_snippet.sent: then Michael Vaughan will want a massive salary and ultimate control of the team.
article_snippet.sent: On the day that both Strauss and Stewart threw Strauss and Stewart hats into the ring for the new job, one source told Sportsmail that Vaughan’s appointment was already a done deal and that Vaughan could even be unveiled before Monday’s first Test in the West Indies.
article_snippet.sent: Ultimately the decision will be taken by Harrison and particularly Graves, who is close to Vaughan and is clearly keen to implement huge and rapid change in the team as Vaughan did at Yorkshire.
article_snippet.sent: The implications of the return to the England set-up of the 2005 Ashes-winning captain would be significant for the leading figures in the domestic game.
article_snippet.sent: If Vaughan becomes supremo then there may not even be the need for a head coach and, if the position does remain, the position is impossible to envisage Peter Moores surviving even if England win their Test series against West Indies.
article_snippet.sent: There is no doubt that Graves — and Vaughan — would love Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie to succeed Peter Moores, but convincing the Australian to throw in Vaughan lot with England will be challenging.
article_snippet.sent: Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie is happy at Headingley and with Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie Big Bash role with Adelaide.
article_snippet.sent: Vaughan, who has been an outspoken pundit, would have to build some bridges were Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie to take his Big Bash role with Adelaide.
article_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook has often been a target of Vaughan’s sometimes inconsistent criticisms and would be on borrowed time as England captain under Alastair Cook unless England captain under him scores big runs and wins lots of Test matches quickly.
article_snippet.sent: One man who would greet Vaughan succession more warmly than most would undoubtedly be Kevin Pietersen, who would be handed a clear route back into the England team by the appointment of the captain Vaughan got on best with.
article_snippet.sent: If Pietersen scores heavily for Surrey and Vaughan is at the helm of the England team then a comeback that appeared impossible just a few months ago after the publication of Pietersen bitter autobiography really would be on.
article_snippet.sent: These are clearly seismic times for English cricket with Graves and Harrison apparently dismantling everything created by ex-chairman Giles Clarke, who was  confirmed in a new role as ECB president.
article_snippet.sent: The bottom line is, with national selector James Whitaker in danger of becoming the next to follow Paul Downton out of the door, the whole senior structure of the England team could change before this year’s Ashes.
article_snippet.sent: If the dominoes keep crashing down, Vaughan could be at the helm of an England team this summer with Gillespie as Vaughan coach, Joe Root as captain and Pietersen back in an England team.
article_snippet.sent: And that, following 15 months of turmoil since the England team unravelled so dramatically by losing the Ashes 5-0, would be truly remarkable.
article_snippet.sent: PLAYERS HE LIKES: Has established a rapport at Surrey with the out-of-favour Kevin Pietersen —
article_snippet.sent: says English cricket needs to be bold.
article_snippet.sent: A big fan of HE former opening partner Alastair Cook, who HE insists will score plenty of Test runs this summer.
article_snippet.sent: a particular favourite — Joe Root is next in line to replace Alastair Cook as Test captain.