THE widespread criticism of Australia’s cricket culture following last month’s ball-tampering scandal in South Africa is exaggerated, former captain Ricky Ponting said on Thursday. Cricket Australia (CA) has slapped 12-month bans on Steve Smith and David Warner, while suspending Cameron Bancroft, who was caught using a piece of sandpaper on the ball in the Cape […]
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Ashes: Joe Root hits back at Ricky Ponting after captaincy slam
The England skipper, who named one change for the Boxing Day Test handing Tom Curran a debut in place of the injured Craig Overton, was labelled as “soft” by the Australian legend earlier this week. But Root brushed off the barbs on the eve of the Boxing Day showpiece saying that Ponting neither knows him […]
Ricky Ponting says Alastair Cook has ‘mental issue’ as pundits argue after Ashes disaster
But it set off Test legends into an argument on live TV as Geoffrey Boycott mockingly laughed at Ponting’s assessment on BT Sport as England went 3-0 down. The tourists were unable to keep Josh Hazlewood (five for 48) at bay today as they folded from 132 for four to 218 all out in under […]