article_snippet.sent: The ECB are to spread the net far wider than expected in The ECB search for the director of cricket to replace the axed Paul Downton.
article_snippet.sent: It was widely believed that the new ECB regime led by chief executive Tom Harrison and chairman Colin Graves would waste little time in appointing from a short list of Michael Vaughan.
article_snippet.sent: Alec Stewart admitted Alec Stewart has had no contact with The ECB over the  role of the director of cricket .
article_snippet.sent: Michael Vaughan has been among the leading candidates to take up the newly-created role with England .
article_snippet.sent: The main problem is that the job description has yet to be fixed.
article_snippet.sent: Crucial issues will be the amount of travel involved and how much power the director of cricket will hold on selection and the hiring and firing of captains and coaches.
article_snippet.sent: But a new contract after Euro 2016 might be a bit much to ask in return.
article_snippet.sent: the ECB say Leamon’s replacement by newcomer Rupert Lewis is merely a rotation policy.
article_snippet.sent: Lewis, who worked for New Zealand Cricket, joined the ECB after Stuart Broad’s analyst sister Gemma decided to go travelling.
highlights_snippet.sent: The ECB were expected to appoint a former England captain for the role .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The job description for the new cricket role has yet to be fixed .
  