Ponting raring to perform in the upcoming home summer – Cricket News Update
After getting a first proper pre-season under his belt for the first time in just under two decades, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 is raring to perform in the upcoming Australian home summer, claiming that there will be little excuses as far he is concerned if he fails to recapture his old form.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 from next month, knowing that a series win will propel the team to the summit of Test cricket, after gradually climbing the Test ladder over the past 12 months.
While Ponting has been in the thick of the action as far as the longer version format is concerned, his absence from the other two versions has been quite unfamiliar for everyone, even for Punter himself, who has had to deal with the longest international break since bursting onto the international scene in the mid 1990s.
Despite not travelling with the squad since finishing his Test assignment against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854. He has had personal training before a pre-season with the Tassies and before playing in the opening Sheffield Shield matches in order to get into the groove.
His enthusiasm, energy and drive were noticed by the head of national selection panel, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 and Phil Hughes, to emulate Ponting’s intensity if they want to succeed him in years to come.
While admitting that the current situation has been foreign, he appreciated the extended break and hoped that it will allow him to perform to the best of his abilities in the coming months.
"I couldn't ask for anything better really than my lead-in, having a couple of months off after the Caribbean, then getting back in the gym and training hard for a couple of months before the Tassie pre-season stuff started. A couple of games under my belt now and Tassie's got off to a pretty good start. I've a couple more Shield games to play yet and another couple of one-dayers, so there'll be no excuses as far as I'm concerned about where my game will be by the time November comes around."
“Also having a good break and some sort of pre-season for the first time in 20 years is a little bit foreign as well, but it's been very enjoyable."
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