I'd love to work with Warner, Smith: Ponting

Ricky Ponting says he would love to work with Australia's current crop of Test batsmen, however he has suggested doing so in a consultancy capacity would be unlikely.

Ponting, coach of defending champions Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, said the possibility of being involved with the Australian team down the track was certainly something that appealed to him, though it would have to be in a role that had "continuity".

"I would love to be working with (David) Warner and (Steve) Smith along with some of the young guns like (Usman) Khawaja and (Joe) Burns – that will be a lot of fun," the three-time World Cup winner said.

"I know I will thoroughly enjoy it, but right now I have the Big Bash commentary and two months with the Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

"The rest of the time I like to spend time with my family."

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While Ponting didn't reveal the time frame when he would like to throw his hat in the ring for a coaching job with Australia, he hinted it might be only after 2019 World Cup.

"To be honest, I have not thought that far ahead (to 2019), (but) thinking about it now, my family will be a lot older, the girls will be nearly teenagers then so maybe I'll want to be getting out of the house (laughs)," he said.

"I love everything about being involved with a team. That is what my life has been about – it is about being in cricket changing rooms and trying to figure out ways to be a better player, or as a coach now I'm always trying to find ways of improving others.

"If I can improve as a coach this year and I can improve the players, that is a step in the right direction."

Current national coach Darren Lehmann has regularly outsourced coaching talent in consultancy roles throughout his tenure, including to Ponting's former teammates Mike Hussey and Shane Warne.

From his perspective, Ponting said he'd prefer a more consistent role if he was to involve himself with Australia's batting group.

"I could (do a consultancy role) but to be fair, I don’t think it will be fulfilling for me and I’m not sure how much the guys will get out of it," he said.

"As a batting coach you want to have continuity, have the same set of eyes and same voice on you for a long period of time.

"I know that’s what I'd want if I was a young player in the team. I don’t think I will be doing myself any justice or the players if I just came in for a tour here and there."

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Warne recently explained that he was enthusiastic about the prospect of being involved with Australia in a coaching capacity, be it official or otherwise, and believed many of his contemporaries felt the same.

"I'm happy to help out," he told cricket.com.au while working with Star Sports during the World T20. "I think guys like Ricky (Ponting), myself, 'Huss' (Mike Hussey), whoever it might be are more than happy to help out in one-day cricket or Test cricket or T20 cricket at any given time when they think it's needed, or Darren Lehmann thinks it's needed.

"I think any of us are happy to help out when Darren Lehmann or the captain think (it's a good idea).

"You don't need an official role to help out; I do a lot of stuff with the players in an unofficial capacity – talk to them on the phone or talk to them about tactics before the game."