England's director of cricket Ashley Giles said the national team could well have an interim coach on board for the tour of New Zealand this winter.

England is due to play five T20Is and two Tests in New Zealand starting November 1. 

"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," former left-arm spinner Giles told reporters on Friday (September 27). 

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"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."

The ECB is in quest to find an ideal candidate to replace Trevor Bayliss who relinquished duties as head coach following the end of the summer.

"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," Giles 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, of course, has already confirmed there won't be a split coaching arrangement in place so as to ensure no potential conflict over certain players needing to be rested or coaches with different styles and experience for cricketers to deal with.

"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," he said. 

"And again, it's a consistent voice of sorts because the players will know them, so that's how I see it."

(Inputs from AFP)