Australia drops Ponting - Cricket Roundup – Feb 20, 2012 – Part 1 – Live Cricket News
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Ponting’s performances in the series have been dismal, scoring 2,1,6,2, and 7 from the five matches. He was also the stand in skipper for the last two matches after injury to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978.
The squad also sees pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on February 24that Hobart.
"His influence for them (youngsters) has been remarkable. But we need to at some stage move on," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 will only be considered for
the future Test series.
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The left-handers have come in as replacements for the injured pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JDP-Oram-c1681. There was no place for youngster, Tom Latham.
"He (Latham) remains in our thinking for the future," national selection manager Kim Littlejohn said."James (Franklin) has been in good touch during the current Twenty20 series while Jesse has shown that he is ready for a return to top level cricket.
Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, conceded that the senior players are prone to give away additional runs on the field.
Talking after his team’s 110-run loss to Australia, Dhoni (who was further suspended for one game following another offense over-rate breach) defended his stance of including youngsters at the expense of veterans (the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556), as it provides greater energy on the field, and helps prevent runs considering the big boundaries in the host country.
“It's not that these fielders are bad, but for this environment and these conditions and big outfields, they are slightly on the slower side. They will be exploited," added Dhoni.
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