Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting revealed that he was approached for the position of England males’s Check group head coach earlier than Brendon McCullum.

Within the aftermath of a humiliating 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia in 2022, England’s head coach Chris Silverwood, batting mentor Graham Thorpe, and managing director Ashley Giles needed to step down from their roles whereas Joe Root relinquished Check captaincy.

In April 2022, Rob Key was appointed because the director of males’s cricket for the ECB and the subsequent month he requested former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum to take up the position of head coach of the Three Lions within the longest format of the sport.

Right here’s what Ricky Ponting advised Guerilla Cricket:

“I truly acquired requested earlier than Brendon took the job, there you go. You guys may be the primary to seek out that out — however I did take some calls from Robert Key (managing director of the English Cricket group) as quickly as he (McCullum) took over that job.”

“However I’m simply not prepared for a full-time worldwide teaching job, the place I’m at in my life.”

The primary rationale behind Ponting’s choice to show down the supply was to spend time together with his household.

“Having travelled as a lot as I’ve, with younger youngsters now I simply don’t wish to be away as a lot as I used to be,” he stated.

Speaking in regards to the ongoing Ashes 2023, England misplaced the collection opener in Edgbaston earlier this week as they suffered a slender two-wicket defeat. The second Ashes Check is about to happen on the Lord’s from Wednesday, June 28.