Ramprakash to coach in Caribbean

Ramprakash wants to coach in England when he retires

Former England player Mark Ramprakash is to take up a short-term coaching role in the Caribbean early next year.

The Surrey batsman, 34, will serve as player-coach for Trinidad & Tobago club side Clico Preysal for one month from mid-January.

"The club wanted me for two months but I have two small children and settled on just one," Ramprakash told the BBC Sport website.

He added he would like to coach in England when his playing days are over.

"They asked me to come over a couple of years ago. I said no but it was something I wanted to do because coaching very much interests me.

"I accepted the role with one eye on the future, and though I will be playing a bit out there it will be the coaching that takes up most of my time."

Ramprakash has a level 3 coaching certificate and is in his second season instructing the Surrey Academy, which is made up of teenage hopefuls.

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He refused to be linked with the vacant head coach's position at Surrey.

"It is far too soon for me, but in the future a lot can happen and I am keeping my options open."

Former West Indies Test players Ian Bishop, Kenny Benjamin and Keith Arthurton have coached Clico Preysal, who won four trophies last year.

Ramprakash played the last of his 52 Tests for England against New Zealand in March last year.

His record of 2,350 runs at an average of 27 does not do justice to a batsman regarded as one of the most technically correct of his generation.