http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 happy with Cricket Australia’s new approach – Cricket New Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s star batsman Ricky Ponting was happy that positive changes were made in the management and the team, which he believed should have been made a long time ago.
Cricket Australia (CA) was upset after the national side failed to do well in the 2010 Ashes series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011.
Due to this, several changes were made in the management including change of coach, captain and chairman of selectors.
The most positive thing was that the captain and coach were given the authority of selecting players in the side, which Ponting kept on demanding throughout his tenure as skipper of the side.
The 36-year-old was now happy that his successor http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 has a say in selection matters and was confident that things will head to a positive direction from now onwards.
Commenting on the changes, Ponting said, “I think it's terrific. I think it's the way the game should have gone a long, long time ago. I think the way things have turned out at the moment is what (former coach) http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Marshall-Buchanan-c68302 was asking for 10 years ago.
It's a much more professional approach.”
The veteran further went onto say, “I think it's a really good decision to go that way to make the captain and the coach both selectors. We've got quality people in and around the team and I think, even already now, we're starting to see just a slightly
different feel and a few different results as a result of that.”
The former Australian skipper has been under immense pressure in recent times following a bad run of form in Test cricket. He was unable to score a half-century in 13 consecutive innings before finally breaking the shackles against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in a recently
concluded Test match.
Ponting scored a fighting knock of 62 runs against a quality bowling attack of the Proteas on a lively pitch in Johannesburg. His innings was not only good enough for him to retain his position in the playing eleven, but also won the match for the Kangaroos,
helping them level the series at 1-1.
He will now be aiming to score a big one for his side in the upcoming two-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
Tags: