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Wood SYDNEY (AFP) - Injured skipper Michael Clarke will miss Australia's weekend tri-series one-day international against India, allowing George Bailey to join the squad, Cricket Australia said on Friday. Clarke missed Australia's crushing eight-wicket...
David Hussey leaps for a catch off Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara at the SCG last night. Picture: Brett Costello Source: The Australian A GOOD summer is turning a little sour for Ricky Ponting, David Warner and the Australian batsmen. The home side was...
Australia's captain Ricky Ponting, right, and vice captain David Warner walk off the field after Sri Lanka won their ODI cricket match at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. View Photo »
For most of my career I have been pretty relaxed, I think I have just got away from that a little bit
Ponting must feel like he has gone back in time as he is once again being forced to defend his place in the Australia team. Barely two month ago the 37-year-old had to field questions almost every other day about whether or not he is worthy of a spot in...
Twelve months on and the contrast in fortunes between the Michael Clarke-led side that whitewashed India and the one he inherited from Ricky Ponting in the Ashes could not be more stark. But can Australia's recent resurgence be pinned down to the Argus...
Australian stand-in captain Ricky Ponting (C) fields in front of a large section of Sri Lankan fans during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney on February 17, 2012. View Photo »
I don`t think you can have two years averaging 27 as a No.3. I think it`s his (Ponting) time. And when you look at the likes of Mark Taylor, (Ian) Healy, Mark Waugh - they were told it was their time. And there`s an elephant in the room at the moment in Ricky Ponting that nobody is really addressing
Photo: Reuters RICKY Ponting insisted on match eve this Australian team belonged to Michael Clarke. After yesterday's performance, he has even more reason to wipe off his fingerprints before he hands the reins back to his former deputy. Ponting's...
It was a bad day for the family, with younger brother Mitchell Marsh, 20, ruled out for the remainder of the season with stress fractures in his back. Ricky Ponting trudges off after his latest failure with the bat. Picture: Brett Costello Source: The...
Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania), nicknamed Punter, is the current captain of the Australian cricket team. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. He represents the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and played in the Indian... Full Article
Australian stand-in captain Ricky Ponting (C) fields in front of a large section of Sri Lankan fans during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Ricky Ponting, acting captain of Australia, and David Warner of Australia leave the ground after game six of the One Day International series between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on February 17, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
View Photo »Australian stand-in captain Ricky Ponting (R) speaks to bowler Brett Lee (L), prior to the start of the Sri Lankan batting during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Ricky Ponting, acting captain of Australia, speaks to Brett Lee of Australia during game six of the One Day International series between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on February 17, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
View Photo »SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Farveez Maharoof of Sri Lanka is congratulated by teammates after claiming the wicket of Ricky Ponting of Australia during game six of the One Day International series between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on February 17, 2012 in Sydney,...
View Photo »SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Ricky Ponting of Australia walks from the field after being dismissed by Farveez Maharoof of Sri Lanka during game six of the One Day International series between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on February 17, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
View Photo »Australia's Ricky Ponting walks from the field after he was caught and bowled by Sri Lanka's Farveez Maharoof during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney February 17, 2012.
View Photo »Australia's Ricky Ponting (R) looks at Sri Lanka's Farveez Maharoof after he was caught and bowled during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney February 17, 2012.
View Photo »SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Farveez Maharoof of Sri Lanka celebrates catching Ricky Ponting out off his own delivery during game six of the One Day International series between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on February 17, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
View Photo »Australia's captain Ricky Ponting, right, looks at Sri Lanka's Farveez Maharoof after he was caught and bowled during their ODI at the SCG in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
View Photo »Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara (L) reacts after bowling to Australia's Ricky Ponting (R) during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney February 17, 2012.
View Photo »SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Ricky Ponting, acting captain of Australia, looks on before game six of the One Day International series between Australia and Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground on February 17, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
View Photo »Captain of Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene (L) shakes hands with his Australian counterpart Ricky Ponting after the one-day international cricket match in Sydney February 17, 2012.
View Photo »Sri Lanka's Farveez Maharoof (R) dismisses Australia's Ricky Ponting caught and bowled during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney February 17, 2012.
View Photo »CORRECTION-BYLINE India's Vinay Kumar (R) celebrates after dismissing Australia's Ricky Ponting (C) during the their one day international cricket match in Adelaide on February 12, 2012.
View Photo »India's Vinay Kumar (R) celebrates taking the wicket of Australia's Ricky Ponting (L) during their one-day international cricket match in Adelaide February 12, 2012.
View Photo »ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 12: Ricky Ponting of Austalia leaves the field after getting out during game four of the One Day International Series between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on February 12, 2012 in Adelaide, Australia.
View Photo »ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 12: Vinay Kumar (R) of India celebrates after getting the wicket of Ricky Ponting (L) of Australia during game four of the One Day International Series between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on February 12, 2012 in Adelaide, Australia.
View Photo »India's Vinay Kumar (R) is congratulated by team mates after he took the wicket of Australia's Ricky Ponting (C) during their one-day international cricket match in Adelaide February 12, 2011.
View Photo »India's Rohit Sharma (2nd L) approaches team mate Vinay Kumar (R) after he took the wicket of Australia's Ricky Ponting (C) during their one-day international cricket match in Adelaide February 12, 2011.
View Photo »Australian Ricky Ponting is pictured during a practise session at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth on October 22, 2011. A day before the 2nd One Day International (ODI) Australia against South Africa.
View Photo »Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga (L) celebrates trapping Australian batsman Ricky Ponting (R) LBW during the Tri Nations ODI Cricket Series match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the WACA ground in Perth on February 10, 2012.
View Photo »PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka celebrates after taking the wicket of Ricky Ponting of Australia during game three of the One Day International series between Australia and Sri Lanka at WACA on February 10, 2012 in Perth, Australia.
View Photo »Australian batsman Ricky Ponting practices in preparation for the February 10 match against Sri Lanka in the Tri Nations ODI Cricket Series at the WACA ground in Perth on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »Australian bowler Clint McKay (L) celebrates with teammate Ricky Ponting (R) after dismissing Indian batsman Rohit Sharma in their international one day cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), on February 5, 2012.
View Photo »Australian stand-in captain Ricky Ponting (C) fields in front of a large section of Sri Lankan fans during the one-day international cricket match in Sydney on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »For most of my career I have been pretty relaxed, I think I have just got away from that a little bit
Ricky Ponting is a great player, he's got a few credits in the bank. But, he'll know he has got to score runs. Like any player, you've got to perform
I just think [as a selector too] you've got the ability to be able to better communicate with your players than if you're not a selector. Over the years if there's been criticism it's about communication, from around our team and guys on the outside of our team. With the captain as a selector that just ...
I don't think you can have two years averaging 27 as a No.3. I think it's his (Ponting) time. And when you look at the likes of Mark Taylor, [Ian] Healy, Mark Waugh - they were told it was their time. And there's an elephant in the room at the moment in Ricky Ponting that nobody is really addressing
I think the way things have turned out at the moment is what (former coach) John Buchanan was asking for 10 years ago.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got the utmost respect for Ricky Ponting, but there’s a time and a place. And for me, his time and place is Hobart in the second Test against New Zealand
I think it's terrific. I think it's the way the game should have gone a long, long time ago ... I think the way things have turned out at the moment is what (former coach) John Buchanan was asking for 10 years ago.
Ricky Ponting will not play Test cricket if he doesn't think that he deserves his spot in the side ... That means if everyone else in the top six is consistently making runs and there is a clear successor in the wings making piles of runs in Shield cricket then he will know the time has come. That is no...
I think it's the way the game should have gone a long, long time ago
I've got the utmost respect for Ricky Ponting but there's a time and a place and for me his time and place is Hobart and the second Test against New Zealand just to say 'thanks very much'.
He’s one that has been around our group for a while and was probably a little bit unlucky not to be in the Test squad on the last trip to South Africa but he made room for Patty, and we know what Patty’s done the last couple of weeks
There's an elephant in the room at the moment in Ricky Ponting that nobody is really addressing
I just want to be able to hopefully have the same sort of impact as what Mike has and when you've got Sachin and Dravid and those guys still playing as well as they are then there's definitely inspiration - not only for us older guys, but for everyone to know that if you do the right things for long eno...
I have never met a more committed and enthusiastic cricketer than Ricky Ponting.
I feel there's enough there to want to keep working hard. Having spoken to a lot of the other guys that have retired in the last few years, I was captain when (Justin) Langer, (Adam) Gilchrist, (Shane) Warne and all those guys stood down, so I know the things that were going through their minds
Ricky Ponting's a great player and has a few credits in the bank but he will know he's got to score runs.
I don't have to ask questions to know I have to make runs. We are in a professional game and if you are not making runs you will arrive home and you will answer questions that I have been answering the last few weeks, that's just part and parcel of what we do
I guess any team who comes in with a few debutants, it's going to be different, but you've still got Ricky Ponting averaging 52, Hussey averages 50, and Michael Clarke is a shade under 50, so they've still got that experience there
What they said about it was they just did not have the drive or desire to work as hard as they needed to work to get their games back on track again. With me, there's no doubting that at all
But it's a bit different with the Australian side who have still got Ricky Ponting who averages 52 and (Mike) Hussey who averages 50 ... they still have that experience there.
I feel there’s enough there to want to keep working hard
I don't think you had to be Nostradamus to work out that - just like you didn't need a great crystal ball to know that when Ricky Ponting stood down Michael Clarke might be prepared to step up
Someone's going to pay at some stage
I'm not too sure what is in Australia or what the set-up is, but I know playing against a Ricky Ponting is always a daunting task
When you've got someone as exciting as Pat Cummins you have to look after those guys as well as you can because they don't come around that often
