David Saker is to stay on as England's fast bowling coach but spin coach Mushtaq Ahmed will join the post-Ashes exodus. Saker, the Australian who signed a new contract in October that runs until after the 2015 Ashes series, has survived the cull as the restored coach Peter Moores and his captain, Alastair Cook, reshape their backroom team to reduce the number of non-playing staff around the dressing room on matchdays.

But Mushtaq, who was brought in by Moores in 2008 in his previous stint as coach having previously signed the Pakistani leg-spinner for Sussex, departs with the batting coach, Graham Gooch, and fielding coach, Richard Halsall. It could mean a return for Mushtaq to the Pakistan staff following the reappointment of his former team-mate Waqar Younis as head coach last week.

Mushtaq's role is likely to be filled by Peter Such, the former Essex and England off-spinner who has already been working closely with the younger generation of spinners, such as Scott Borthwick and Simon Kerrigan, in his role as the national spin coach based mostly in Loughborough.

Bruce French is expected to continue in his part-time position working primarily on the development of younger wicketkeepers, and discussions are continuing over how to replace Gooch – with Graham Thorpe and Mark Ramprakash likely to remain involved.