Miller heads ECB selection panel

Miller takes the newly-created post of national selector, joining England head coach Peter Moores in a four-man selection panel which has no place for David Graveney.

Moores and Miller will be joined on the panel by two part-time selectors, former Test players Ashley Giles and James Whitaker.

Graveney, the chairman of selectors since 1997, admitted his disappointment after being handed the position of performance manager - a role with no direct input into the national team.

Instead, he will be charged with overseeing the development of youngsters at the 18 county academies, and making sure the best are capable of making the step up to international cricket.

Miller was part of the previous three-man selection team, alongside Moores and Graveney, and is appointed to a new role created as a result of the Schofield Review, which investigated England's disastrous Ashes tour and World Cup last winter.

"It's an honour and a privilege for me to take on this role and I look forward to developing a close working relationship with my co-selectors," Miller, who played 34 Tests for England between 1976 and 1984, admitted.

"This is a new post and I will approach it in my own way but I have learned a great deal from working with David Graveney on the selection panel since 2000 and wish him every success in his new role."

Graveney, meanwhile, has been left to reflect on the end of his involvement with England's elite players.

He said: "While I am naturally disappointed to be no longer directly involved with the England team, I am looking forward to taking up my new role and feel that I can play an important part in ensuring that we maintain a consistent flow of world class talent from the county academies into our international teams at all levels."