vaughan has held talks with the ecb over becoming england 's new supremo as the governing body 's new regime move closer to replacing paul downton .
the 2005 ashes winning captain is hot favourite on the three-man shortlist compiled by the ecb at thursday 's management board meeting ahead of andrew strauss and alec stewart , who have both registered their interest that vaughan spoke with new ecb chief executive tom harrison for an hour and has worked closely in the past .