london june 5 graham ford prime contender for the job of india coach on tuesday had his passage further cleared with kent county cricket club permitting him to hold discussions with the bccithe english firstclass side with whom south african ford is currently director of coaching said they hoped that he would honour his contract with them which runs until next yeargraham ford has a contract with kent until the end of the 2008 season we have allowed him the opportunity to travel to india to find out more about the role of india coach graham has done a fantastic job for us and needless to say we very much hope he will stay with the club kents chief executive paul millman said in a statementthe bcci has invited ford a former south africa coach and former england offspinner john emburey for discussions with its special committee in chennai on saturdayford is reportedly the favourite choice of the senior members of the indian team