YORKSHIRE director of cricket Martyn Moxon has denied head coach Jason Gillespie has been approached by the England Cricket Board to replace Peter Moores.

New ECB director of cricket Andrew Strauss, who held his first meeting with the media today, relieved Moores of his duties on Saturday.

Reports have suggested that Gillespie is set to leave Headingley to coach the national side.

However, Moxon refuted those claims.

Said Moxon: “He’s understandably being linked with the England job. Nothing official has happened and we want Jason to focus on important games for Yorkshire.

“The T20 Blast starts on Friday which is a competition we want to do well in. If anything comes from England we’ll just have to deal with it."