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Ponting snubs England’s approach


Published : 22 Apr 2022 09:42 PM

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has become the latest individual to reject England’s offer to work as the head coach of the national team.

The new Managing Director of England Men's Cricket Rob Key wanted to appoint Ponting for the scrambled England side. However, Ponting informed that he is 'not interested in the job'.

The 47-year-old has previously explained that he is unwilling to spend long amounts of time away from his young family, having rejected the chance to coach India last year, "I had a couple of conversations with some people during the IPL about it [the India job].

"The people I spoke to were pretty hell-bent on finding a way to make it work. The first thing I said was 'I just can't give up that time, it will mean I can’t coach in the IPL, I'll have to give up [Channel] 7 stuff, it just can't work,”

"It's nice to have people thinking you might be able to do these big jobs but there's a lot more to come with it than saying yes or no to a coaching gig. I'd love to coach the Australian team, but I have a young family now and to give up 300 days a year is not what I would do. That's where the IPL works so well for me," he added.