Who could succeed Chris Silverwood as England head coach?

England are looking for a new head coach to succeed Chris Silverwood.

Silverwood left the role following this winter’s Ashes mauling and the top priority of England’s new managing director of men’s cricket Rob Key will be filling the post ahead of this summer’s home Test series against New Zealand.

Here the PA news agency takes a look at some of the possible contenders for the head coach position.

The former Australia batter comes with a range of experience in different formats on his CV, which could prove handy if red and white ball coaching duties are split. Katich played international cricket for nine years and has plenty of knowledge of the English county circuit having represented Durham, Yorkshire, Hampshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire during his career. The 46-year-old also has coaching experience in the Indian Premier League as an assistant at Kolkata Knight Riders and head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, as well as taking charge of the Manchester Originals men’s team in the inaugural Hundred.

Ford already has previous experience working with Key having been director of cricket at Kent where Key was captain. The South African, 61, had two spells as Sri Lanka head coach either side of a stint at Surrey before, in 2017, taking charge of Ireland.  Ford oversaw 102 internationals with Ireland and led them in their first-ever Test match against Pakistan in 2018 stepping down from the post last November.

Kirsten scored over 14,000 runs for South Africa and he has enjoyed notable success since becoming a  coach as well. He led India to World Cup glory in 2011 before returning to the Proteas and helping them reach the top of the world Test rankings the following year. Kirsten has previously expressed an interest in