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Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has turned down an offer for becoming England’s next head coach.
As per reports, England are looking for a new white-ball coach after Matthew Mott stepped down. Though an offer was given to Ponting, he reportedly declined the offer by stating that he was not ready for it at the moment.
According to Ponting, he was more focused on Australia’s upcoming assignments rather than taking up a coaching role for a team at this moment.
“I’ve got other commitments as well, with my TV work and things that I do and also trying to balance that out with having a decent amount of home time, which I haven’t had much of the last couple of years anyway,” said Ponting during an interaction with International Cricket Council (ICC).
Ponting was the former head coach of Delhi Capitals in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL). He parted ways with the franchise after a fairly long association with the team. The former Australian batsman has expressed his desire to return to the coaching role in the IPL.
“So it is what it is, we’ve decided to part ways and we decided to move on but that doesn’t mean that I won’t be coaching again. I’m very keen to get back involved in the IPL. There might be a few opportunities coming up and we’ll see what happens over the next few weeks,” said Ponting.
