London: Andrew Strauss has promised the new England coach won't be a made a "whipping boy". Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden recently suggested anyone succeeding the sacked Peter Moores would be the "target" for an establishment kicking if things went wrong.


Andrew Strauss. Pic/AFP 

Hayden's words were particularly resonant as his one-time Australia team-mate Jason Gillespie, now the coach of English county champions Yorkshire, is the favourite to replace Moores. But with former England captain Strauss, in his new role as England director of cricket, above any coach in the hierarchy, concerns have also been expressed as to how much authority will be granted to Moores's successor.