Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting recently addressed reports about his potential interest in assuming the role of England head coach for white-ball cricket.
England men’s white-ball head coach Matthew Mott stepped down from his position with immediate effect on July 30.
The decision followed England’s recent ICC T20 World Cup campaign, where the team was knocked out at the semi-final stage by eventual winners India.
Mott, who met with Rob Key, ECB’s Managing Director of England Men’s Cricket, last week, will leave his role after two years in office.
Appointed in May 2022, the 50-year-old Mott enjoyed immediate success, leading the team to victory in the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia in the autumn of 2022.
Under his leadership, England achieved white-ball series victories against Australia, Bangladesh, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Pakistan.
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Following Mott’s resignation, multiple names circulated in the media as the potential candidates to become England’s next white-ball head coach, including Ricky Ponting.
However, Ponting confirmed that he is currently focused on his commitments with franchise leagues and will not be taking the England’s head coach job.
“No, I wouldn’t ever consider doing that actually,” Ponting said while speaking on the ICC Review. “I’m on record saying that international jobs for me right now are not really where my life is at as there’s just so much more time taken up with an international job.”
The former World Cup-winning captain shared that he has broadcast contracts while expressing a desire to prioritize spending time with his family, a goal that is difficult to achieve while managing an international team.
“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,” he added.
“Coaching other international teams is one thing, coaching England for an Australian is probably something slightly different, but right now there’s sort of enough on my plate as I’ve got a bit more coming up in the next couple of months in the UK.”
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