Paul Downton loses job as England and Wales Cricket Board 's managing director of cricket after a little more than a year in the job . Chief executive of ECB , Tom Harrison , announced changes to the structure . Downton 's job description has been abolished as a result . Michael ##ton immediately announced he would like to speak to the ECB about the newly created job of director of international cricket . Fellow former skipper robin ##son is another possible candidate .
Paul Downton loses job as England and Wales Cricket Board 's managing director of cricket after a little more than a year in the job . Chief executive of ECB , Tom Harrison , announced changes to the structure . Downton 's job description has been abolished as a result . Michael Vaughan immediately said he would like to speak to the ECB about the newly created job of director of England cricket . Fellow former skipper Andrew Strauss is another possible candidate .