http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ricardo-Gouveia-c84824 Ponting gets backing from team-mates – Cricket News Update
Australian cricketers have backed veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 to continue playing for the national side for as long as he likes.
The 36-year-old has been able to score just one half-century in the past calendar year and will be under immense pressure ahead of the two match Test series against New Zealand, starting from Thursday, December 1, 2011 in the Brisbane Cricket Ground.
Despite all the pressure and rumours of Ponting’s career coming to an end, team-mate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 backed his former skipper by saying that one good knock will turn things around again.
According to Mr Cricket, “Without doubt (the intangibles and leadership are more important than dropping averages). I think Ricky deserves the right to retire when he wants to. He basically held the team together for years.”
He further went onto say, “He's a legend of Australian cricket and I have complete confidence that once he gets a score under his belt you'll see a string of big scores from him.”
Other than Hussey, the Aussie skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 has also shown full faith in the legendary batsman.
According to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120, he has learnt a lot from Ponting and his presence in the field is still quite useful for the team, as he passes on a great deal of experience to the youngsters.
Ponting’s form in the One Day Internationals (ODIs) has been very good, as he has scored runs with consistency in all the bilateral series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011.
However, the star player has been unable to make an impression in the longest version of the game in recent times. His struggle started from the Ashes series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 last year where he also fractured his finger.
However, the veteran scored a crucial half-century against the South African side in the second Test, which the Kangaroos went onto win by two wickets.
This innings and a couple of injured players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
The stylish right-handed batsman is certain to play the first game of the series and one big innings will help him regain the confidence.
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