the ecb are to spread the net far wider than expected in their search for the director of cricket to replace the axed paul downton .
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 former england captains michael vaughan andrew strauss and alec stewart .
but instead the board are going to instigate a recruitment international , who would be expected to suggest some overseas candidates as well as the trio already in the frame .