• Strauss: new coach should ‘understand the importance of trust’
• ‘England players have to be unbelievably proud of pulling on that shirt’
• Colin Graves denies deceiving Kevin Pietersen over England recall
Andrew Strauss, the newly appointed director of England cricket, knows the clock is ticking in his search to fill the vacant position of head coach but insists only those candidates aligned with his stance towards Kevin Pietersen, with the batsman ruled out of this summer’s plans, will be considered.
When asked on Tuesday at Lord’s whether English cricket’s relationship with the 34-year-old could ever be rebuilt, Strauss replied “absolutely” and claimed both parties “should look at ways and methods of trying to make that happen”. Those words felt optimistic at the time and since then the mud-slinging has continued, with Colin Graves, the new chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, the last to stick his head above the parapet.
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