Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has become the latest coach to rule himself out of the running for the vacant England job.
Ponting was said to be high on the list of targets for new Managing Director of England Men's Cricket Rob Key, who is widely expected to split the role between red and white ball cricket. Although previous reports had claimed Ponting was being targeted to coach the Test team, the Daily Mail reports that he was approached to lead the one-day and T20 sides instead.
However, Ponting is said to have informed Key that he is 'not interested in the job'. It was hoped that he could be tempted to combine coaching England with his role at IPL franchise Delhi Capitals, but Ponting instead 'made clear his unavailability'.
