Schofield places Graveney future in doubt

The chief executive of the governing body, David Collier, revealed that 17 of the 19 recommendations made by the independent review group, chaired by Ken Schofield - former director of the European golf Tour - had already been implemented.

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The establishment of a new England management structure, including a national selector with increased powers, will be further discussed.

Despite serving 12 years as a selector - 10 of those as chairman - Graveney is by no means a shoo-in for the new full-time role, which would include a say in picking teams on tour.

Crucially, Collier said: "Let's get these jobs openly competed for."

In response, Graveney said: "I'm not concerned. In any walk of life nothing is set in stone. All I can say at present is that I would be interested in the job and want to remain involved."

Schofield was appointed to chair the review in light of England's Ashes whitewash during the winter. The findings, as revealed in Sportsmail on Wednesday, are far-reaching.

The most immediate consequence for the national team will be the appointment of a fielding coach.

Trevor Penney, who did the job during the last home Ashes series, would be one contender, while another could be Jonty Rhodes.

He is employed by South Africa, but if Allan Donald is appointed England bowling consultant his old team-mate may be tempted to follow.

The ECB have taken on board a recommendation that more meaningful warm-up matches are needed before overseas series and that partners and families should not join the players early in a tour.

All national team affairs are due to be overseen by a new managing director - with Alec Stewart an early candidate - which would see John Carr, now director of England cricket, pushed into a peripheral role.

England are tied into the Future Tours Programme until 2011, but from that point on the ECB are determined to scale down the team's international commitments.

Another way to tackle the issue of player injuries and burn-out would be to resort to what Collier referred to as the 'rotation policy' already prevalent in football and elsewhere.

On the flipside, the country's 'A' team are to be rebranded as the 'England Lions' with a view to undertaking more competitive fixtures around the world in coming years.