London: The England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) new chairman Colin Graves insisted Monday that the decision on England's new head coach was one for Andrew Strauss. Former captain Strauss was on Saturday named as English cricket's new director and his first job will be to find a replacement for Peter Moores, who was sacked in the wake of his appointment.


Andrew Strauss 

Graves will start his role with the ECB on Thursday and there has been speculation that he is keen to appoint Yorkshire's title-winning coach Jason Gillespie to replace Moores. But Graves said the decision was not his to make. "It is Andrew Strauss who takes that call as he builds his team around him," Graves told The Times. "We will not rush into any decision overnight.