• Former batter says Rob Key has sounded him out before

• ‘I would never not look at helping England out’

Kevin Pietersen has said he would “absolutely” consider becoming part of a future England cricket coaching set-up and revealed Rob Key has ­previously sounded him out a couple of times.

While Brendon McCullum, along with managing director Key, is expected to get the ­backing of the ­England and Wales Cricket Board to continue despite a ­winter of overall discontent, it is ­understood that there is room to tweak the ­coaching group.