Stephen Fleming has emerged as the frontrunner to take charge of England's Test side, with the ECB understood to be close to confirming his appointment after a round of interviews concluded this week. McCullum was sacked as Test coach earlier this month following Ben Stokes' decision to retire, which left England lacking both a captain and head coach. The ECB has indicated it would be comfortable with assistant coach Marcus Trescothick stepping in on an interim basis for those three matches, with the new head coach then taking full charge for December's tour of South Africa. Stephen Fleming is set to be appointed as England's new Test coach | GETTYRob Key, the managing director, has overseen the recruitment process alongside external headhunters. Brendon McCullum was sacked as England Test head coach earlier this month |Fleming's coaching pedigree was built primarily at Chennai Super Kings, where he served as head coach and guided the IPL franchise to five titles.