New Managing Director Rob Key is expected to split the England coaching job and Australia legend Ricky Ponting is reportedly high on his list of targets to coach the Test sideFormer Australia captain Ricky Ponting is reportedly being targeted to coach England 's Test team, with new Managing Director of Men's Cricket Rob Key expected to split the job between red and white ball cricket. The [white-ball] team could do with a facilitator coach who can just keep delivering what they're doing but challenge them. "The Test team needs a completely different style of coach - a driver of culture and environment. He told the Daily Mail : "For me, there is no finer brain in cricket at the moment than Ricky Ponting, who reads the game so well. And there's no reason why Paul Collingwood can't be in charge of the white-ball team."

Source: Daily Mirror April 19, 2022 07:45 UTC