But preliminary interviews have now been held with the candidates favoured by Rob Key, the ECB’s managing director of men’s cricket. Langer said although “I haven’t heard from anyone”, he would not dismiss the idea of coaching England. “There’s three [main] coaching roles in the world: the Australia head coach, the India head coach and the England head coach,” he said. “If you’re the head coach you should oversee all of it. “If you’re the head coach of the Test team, you want your 11 best players on the park.