http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 keen to learn more about Argus report – Cricket News Update
Ricky Ponting, the former Australian skipper and current top-order batsman, has expressed some concerns about the recently released Argus report, which is based on Team Australia’s performance in the last couple of years, and desired to read it between the
lines in order to clear his mind regarding the charges of ‘lack of strong culture’ in the team during his captaincy tenure.
Ponting has also denied the perception that the Aussies are sluggish and lack passion for the game, saying that the current squad is composed of talented and energetic guys who perform to their utmost on the field.
Furthermore, he has revealed that the team’s recent fall from grace is the result of decline in the standard of the domestic cricket which is not producing quality crop for the national side.
Talking to the media, he said, “So I am keen to learn a bit more about what the perception is about the team or the culture within the team and find out what a lot of the facts are from the findings, talking specifically about the culture.”
He further told, “But I think this current group is probably the fittest bunch of athletes, and probably work harder than any other of the teams I've been a part of.”
Commenting on his team’s last Ashes defeat, he stated, “But as you saw during the Ashes series there was a big gap between us and the way http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 played their cricket.”
Ponting aired these views in the backdrop of the ‘reformative report’ which has played havoc in the managerial ranks of the team over nightly. The report, compiled by a former Australian banker, is being considered as hocus pocus which will put all the out-of-order
things on track.
The Kangaroos are currently playing a bilateral series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. Having lost 2 T20Is and winning 3 ODIs, they are going to play 3 Tests.
Ponting is the most successful ex-skipper of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 along with being the second highest scorer in Test cricket. He performed well during the recently-concluded ODI series.
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