Ponting and Hauritz struggle for state teams

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Australia’s collective form ahead of the all-important Ashes series against England has been far from impressive, and there has been little joy as key Test team members headed back to domestic cricket in the Sheffield Shield either. Read about how Ricky Ponting and Nathan Hauritz did at http://blogs.bettor.com/Key-Ashes-players-struggle-for-state-teams-a40063.