Ricky Ponting sees potential in current Australian side

Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting, the former Australia captain, notices the potential in the present Australian team, which has had an embarrassing tour of England.

Their batting improved dramatically in the last couple of Tests, but the middle order collapsed in a heap in the third and fourth Test match and consequently, they lost the Ashes series.

Ricky Ponting said that he was in touch with the current Australia team. He believes that the team is good, but not experienced and therefore they failed to match with England’s performance.

“I have kept in touch with it [the Ashes] and putting my biased goggles on for a minute, I think the boys have probably played a little bit better than the scoreline suggests as they have been in with a chance of winning three Tests.”

“But the scoreline reads 3-0 and that is the difference sometimes between the really good and experienced teams, and the ones on their way up… the know-how to actually get across the line and to win games.” he added.

“England have got a really good team, an experienced team and their bowling group has been together for pretty much the last six or seven years now.”

“There are some challenges there for Australia cricket but with Darren Lehmann‘s appointment as coach and some of the younger guys they have got around there, I think there is enough talent but they are just going to have to learn and at the moment they are learning the hard way.”

Ponting also said that he is interested in guiding the young players. “There is no doubt I will stay in the game somewhere. There will be some coaching offers that will come my way and I am really interested in coaching.”

“I’m really interested in helping out younger players,” he said. He was confident that he had a lot left to offer the breeding grounds of Australian cricket.” he commented.

“The state Australian cricket is at, at the moment, my services could be used in some way. We will just wait and see, but the one thing I do not want to do is to travel around the world for six or eight months a year.”