Jason Gillespie not leaving for Australia role after meeting with Darren Lehmann

Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie has re-iterated he will not be applying for any positions with Cricket Australia.

Gillespie had been linked with Australia's vacant bowling coach role with Craig McDermott having stepped down, as planned, after the World Twenty20 in India in March.

The rumour mill stepped up a gear on Sunday when the 41-year-old, who was in the running to become England coach last year, met with Australia coach Darren Lehmann.

But Gillespie revealed on Tuesday that his future, at least in the short-term, was with Yorkshire, who he has guided to County Championship Division One success the past two seasons.

"I thought about it overnight, spoke to him [Darren] yesterday and informed him that I'm not going to apply for any role in cricket Australia and now I'm back here [with Yorkshire]," he told Sky Sports News HQ.

"There was no role. I want to make that really clear. It was honestly just two mates having a chat and as much as anything it was just a good catch-up.

"You never rule anything out in professional sport. Things do change and things can change. But at this point in time I'm very comfortable." 

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There had been doubt expressed over Gillespie's future with Yorkshire, both because of the link with Australia and potential openings with other international teams.

But Gillespie is happy with his current position, which sees him spend the majority of the year with Yorkshire and also coach the Adelaide Strikers in the Australian Big Bash League, and that would remain the case for family reasons.

"I've got a lot of things I want to achieve here. I've got a wonderful role with the Adelaide Strikers in Australia at the Big Bash and I do have a young family," he explained.

"That is something that does play on my mind a bit, and in international cricket you can't escape the fact that there's a lot of travel involved."