New Yorkshire head coach Ottis Gibson is keen for Gary Ballance to continue his career at the county after he admitted using racist language towards former teammate Azeem Rafiq.
Ballance was absent from Yorkshire's pre-season tour to the UAE, but Gibson held talks with the former England international and has backed him to return to the fold. The 32-year-old is the subject of an investigation by the Cricket Discipline Commission and could be charged over his comments.
However, Gibson believes Ballance has "done his time", telling the Daily Mail : "He is struggling at the minute mentally with everything that’s going on and the fact that the ECB are still doing an investigation. We don’t know what the findings of that might be, and he doesn’t feel ready to come back but he assures me he is still very keen to continue his career at Yorkshire.
