Moores set for England recall: Reports

London: Peter Moores is set to be recalled as England coach five years after being dramatically axed from the job, the BBC and The Times both reported Friday.

Earlier, a brief statement issued by the England and Wales Cricket Board said manging director Paul Downton and England captain Alastair Cook would hold a media conference at 10:30am local time (0930GMT) at Lord`s on Saturday "accompanied by the new head coach". England have been without a head coach since Andy Flower stepped down as team director in January following the 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia. Limited overs coach Ashley Giles, the former England spinner, appeared to be in pole position to replace Flower but his cause was not helped by the team`s embarrassing loss to minnows the Netherlands at the recent World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. Moores, now at Lancashire, Nottinghamshire`s Mick Newell and Sussex`s Mark Robinson, all of whom have overseen County Championship success, are understood to have been interviewed during the past week as has Australian Trevor Bayliss, the former Sri Lanka coach. In a two-year spell from 2007 to 2009, former Sussex wicketkeeper Moores led England in seven Test series, starting with a 3-0 win over West Indies, after replacing Duncan Fletcher. However, he was forced out in 2009 following a rift with Kevin Pietersen that cost the star batsman the England captaincy, although other players were said to be unhappy with Moores` management style. But whoever is appointed won`t have to deal with Pietersen this time around after the ECB sensationally terminated the international career of their all-time leading run-scorer following the Ashes debacle -- a decision they`ve still to explain fully. Shortly after his England exit, Moores joined Lancashire in February 2009, having previously guided Sussex to the County Championship title in 2003. London: Peter Moores is set to be recalled as England coach five years after being dramatically axed from the job, the BBC and The Times both reported Friday. Earlier, a brief statement issued by the England and Wales Cricket Board said manging director Paul Downton and England captain Alastair Cook would hold a media conference at 10:30am local time (0930GMT) at Lord`s on Saturday "accompanied by the new head coach". England have been without a head coach since Andy Flower stepped down as team director in January following the 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia. Limited overs coach Ashley Giles, the former England spinner, appeared to be in pole position to replace Flower but his cause was not helped by the team`s embarrassing loss to minnows the Netherlands at the recent World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. Moores, now at Lancashire, Nottinghamshire`s Mick Newell and Sussex`s Mark Robinson, all of whom have overseen County Championship success, are understood to have been interviewed during the past week as has Australian Trevor Bayliss, the former Sri Lanka coach. In a two-year spell from 2007 to 2009, former Sussex wicketkeeper Moores led England in seven Test series, starting with a 3-0 win over West Indies, after replacing Duncan Fletcher. However, he was forced out in 2009 following a rift with Kevin Pietersen that cost the star batsman the England captaincy, although other players were said to be unhappy with Moores` management style. But whoever is appointed won`t have to deal with Pietersen this time around after the ECB sensationally terminated the international career of their all-time leading run-scorer following the Ashes debacle -- a decision they`ve still to explain fully. Shortly after his England exit, Moores joined Lancashire in February 2009, having previously guided Sussex to the County Championship title in 2003.