Former England skipper Eoin Morgan has denied any reports of him replacing Matthew Mott as England’s white-ball coach. England suffered a semi-final exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup last month. They were rattled by a top notch Indian side who defeated them by a huge margin of 68 runs to take a tasteful revenge of the 2022 T20 World Cup semis.

Morgan was linked with the role ahead of England’s all important white-all series against arch-rivals Australia. However, the former skipper has said that it is nothing more than a speculation and the very news is a news for him as well. “This news is actually news to me,” he said. “It’s obviously not nice when a coach comes under fire and there is a lot of speculation about his future, but only time will tell what will happen,” said Morgan.

Mott the current white-ball coach is under scrutiny after England’s underperformance in two major global tournaments. He won a T20 title within six months after his assignment as a coach but hasn’t had a lot of success at the ICC tournaments since. Both Mott and Jos Buttler came under pressure after England won three out of nine games at the 50-over World Cup last year, two of which came after their elimination.

Even at the T20 World Cup, England won just one out of their 4 games against test playing nation, however they did manage to make it to the semi-finals but were thrashed by the world champions India. Rob Key, England’s managing director, said he would review that tournament “in the next few weeks” after their elimination and that process is now underway.

The Times earlier reported that Mott is likely to leave his role and that Key was scanning out potential candidates. Those include the world-cup winning captain Morgan, who earlier this month backed both Mott and Buttler to continue, and he added on Tuesday that he has no interest in the role due to his young family and his broadcasting work.

“I’ve been asked a lot [in the media] over the past couple of months about the role, and if I would take it on,” Morgan said. “My answer has simply been that the timing for everything in my life at the moment is not right. Yes, I want to coach down the line. But I have a young family, and I spend a lot more time at home and watching cricket doing this [commentary]. I’m absolutely loving what I’m doing.”