Ashley Giles said on Friday that there is a possibility of England could appoint an interim head coach for their upcoming tour of New Zealand. Trevor Bayliss has stepped down as England coach after the Ashes series. However, it’s not easy to replace him.

“When we go to the shortlist and interviews, it depends on their circumstances and there will be different circumstances with all these coaches, so if we have to go interim, we will,” ECB director of cricket Giles said reporters on Friday. “I’m not going to talk about who that will be now. Hopefully we won’t have to, but that bit is less important than getting the right man for the next four years.”

However, England have not advertised the position yet.

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“There’s some strong candidates out there. You’ll know them, I’m not going to go through the list and who is favourite and whatever,” he said. “There’s some internal, some English and some very good overseas. I’m looking forward to it and it’s a big appointment.”

Giles was England’s limited-overs head coach between November 2012 and April 2014, while Andy Flower was the head coach of the Test team.

“I think having one voice is important, but accepting that one voice is going to need some time away from the environment and if you’ve got three very good assistants, it’s an opportunity to develop them as leaders,” Giles said. “And again, it’s a consistent voice of sorts because the players will know them, so that’s how I see it.”

Giles also confirmed that Eoin Morgan will continue as captain of the limited-overs while Joe Root will continue to lead the side in Tests.

“We met probably about a month after the World Cup final and he wanted some time to consider his future, which is just the way Morgs operates,” Giles said. “He’s very sensible, very logical and thankfully he rang me a couple of weeks after that and said ‘I’m absolutely fully committed to going forward and looking forward to it refreshed’.”