Rob Key is reportedly the frontrunner to become England 's new managing director, after Durham's director of cricket Marcus North withdrew from consideration.
Key played 15 Tests for England during his career and has been working as a commentator and pundit for Sky Sports since his retirement in 2015. As part of his role with Sky, Key has already shared his thoughts on several key issues that would fall under the remit of England's managing director, including the futures of James Anderson and Stuart Broad, Joe Root 's captaincy and the coaching situation.
Should Key get the managing director job, he will be the man tasked with appointing a new head coach and he has previously said he would like to see the job split between red and white ball cricket. Speaking in February about Chris Silverwood's axing, Key told Sky Sports : "He was just given an impossible task in what he did. What sums it up is how wrong that decision was to put him in charge of everything.
