Graham Ford declines Black Cap’s coaching offer

Zeecric Bureau

Kent, Sept 05: New Zealand cricket board were forced to begin a new search for their national cricket team coach after reports coming from Kent cleared that the man running in contention Graham Ford, had declined receiving the offer. Graham Ford is currently serving as Director of Cricket in the English county club Kent. "Justin Vaughan, the CEO of the New Zealand Cricket Board, was over here on their tour and he contacted me earlier in the summer," Ford told the Kent Messenger. "He asked if I`d be interested in the position and to be coaching again on the international stage would be exciting. I expressed some interest at that point, but don`t know any details and have had no further discussion or contact." "I`m very happy with the set-up here at Kent. I`m working with a fantastic cricket management team and captain and those relationships have developed well and are going nicely," he said. "Certainly I have no firm feelings at this point of wanting to head off in any other direction." Earlier, Ford had declined offers from Indian and Sri Lanka cricket board.