SHANE Warne has not ruled himself out of the vacant England coaching job, saying he would "think about it" if asked.

Warne made the revelation in a tweet.

He wrote: "To my English followers, I'm flattered that you would like me to consider the England job, all I can say Is - I will think about it !!!"

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Warne's comment caused a storm on social media with some suggesting he would lose his legend status if he took on the role.

Others claimed the tweet was tongue-in-cheek; an attempt by Warne to wind-up England in the face of their recent Ashes tour misery.

Assuming he was serious he would have to get out of coaching commitments with Australia if he was to take on the job.

Just last month the 44-year-old was appointed as a specialist spin consultant to support Darren Lehmann ahead of Australia's World Twenty20 campaign in Bangladesh.

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He is set to join the squad for the three-match series against South Africa at the conclusion of the Test tour in March.

Warne's tweet came as former Australian coach Mickey Arthur also threw his hat into the ring.

Arthur, who was sensationally sacked seven months ago, hinted during a commentary stint on the BBC for Sunday's final T20 international in Sydney that he would like to take over from Andy Flower.

It would appear England's limited-overs coach Ashley Giles is in the box seat to take over as Test coach but, after their 5-0 Ashes humiliation, the ECB has said it will consider all options.

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Giles said after Sunday's 84-run T20 loss that he wanted the responsibility of coaching England in all three forms.

"I'd be very interested in doing the job, definitely. I'm not going to deny that and I'm sure I'll be applying for the post," Giles said.

"But before then, there's a lot to think about ... we've had a pretty big fall so we've got some turning around to do before Bangladesh (World T20 Championship), otherwise this sort of thing could happen again."

Arthur had a successful tenure in charge of South Africa before taking over the Australian team in late 2011.

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However, appointing Arthur would be a gamble after his time in charge of Australia ended in disaster last year.

He was sacked and replaced by Darren Lehmann just over two weeks before the Ashes were due to start.

Cricket Australia (CA) suggested Arthur hadn't been strong enough to stop a negative culture gripping the national team.