The England and Wales Cricket Board are set to conduct a “major review” into the reasons behind the national team’s early World Cup exit, although managing director Paul Downton said yesterday that he does not expect any changes in the short term.

Coach Peter Moores’s position has most significantly come under fire after a campaign in which England were rarely competitive, losing four of their five games, to crash out of the tournament with Friday’s final group game against Afghanistan still to play.

Downton has the power in his hands to end Moores’s second spell in charge but in the wake of Monday’s 15-run defeat to Bangladesh he has so far sought to back the man he described as “the outstanding coach of his generation” when he appointed him last April.

It is high praise that Downton still believes Moores is worthy despite an unconvincing record, albeit with a remodelled team, soured further by events over the past month.

“As far as his ability is concerned I still feel he is a very high-quality coach, so, no nothing has changed since we appointed him 11 months ago,” Downton said.

“You don’t become a bad coach overnight but the scale of the issues we have got to deal with are significant as everybody has seen.”