The ashes of 2010: Michael Clarke sustained Australia Captain Ricky Ponting has decided in fourth test

Ponting fractured finger in his left hand three day while trying to claim an edge ratchetting Jonathan Trott.

And he has failed to take the field day four in Australia wrapped a victory of 267 - run at the series of five matches 1-1.

Ponting should be excluded from the consideration of the next day, Clarke, as the current vice captain, would normally be the natural successor and step Ponting footwear.

However, Clarke form this series has been poor, questions raised about his temperament and qualities of directing the Baggy green in the test arena.

Clarke scored just 115 runs this series, with an average of 23 - far from ash last year, where he was the top scorer of the Australia with 448-64.

These fears, however, were disregarded by selector Aussie Greg Chappell, who told the Sydney Morning Herald: "Michael is our next captain." Whenever it may be - we hope that it is not for some time yet - but we are happy with his skills as a master.

"He made a number of times in one day cricket, his tactic is very good." There is no doubt, it is ready for it. »

Chappell also admitted that the Ponting Capitainerie would be under threat should England retain ash - which can be obtained with the victory in any two remaining tests.

"Watching him (Ponting) in the nets, he is well, Angels" said Chappell. "Perhaps the pressure of this series (touched him)." I think that in his own mind that he he built as a very important series.

"He had no mental freedom, that it should, perhaps, fights with freedom, we know that he is able." I hope that could give him the freedom to go out there and play in Melbourne victory here in this match test (Perth), removing some of these pressures, as we know it can. »

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V England Sri Lanka: Alastair Cook determined to prove his doubters wrong and succeed as Captain

It is this determination Andy Flower and the selectors rely to justify their judgment in him returning as captain on one side for whom he played last 15 months.

Ultimately they see as successor to Andrew Strauss as Test captain and 50-job is a way to give it some needed experience. And yet, it remains a point moot if he would even have the Kevin Pietersen squad remained in the role of the opener, despite his hernia double, it is a reasonable success in the World Cup.

With rear Pietersen four, Cook must make a decent fist of his promotion for these two formats be unified Finally, under a single man. Until that day, too complicated system of three captains - with Stuart Broad with the ears of the T20 players just three days ago will persist.

"I have just myself as a captain for a day," said Cook. "I am only concentrating on this series.". With three captains is certainly new and we will see how it works over the next 12 months.

"At this moment we have two inexperienced officers, trying to learn off the coast of Straussy.". We are very distinct in what we do, but it gives me not the great honour to lead the side a day before. »

He also holds Strauss: an example of a drummer of opening able to improve its rate of strike at an acceptable level for the modern game, something Cook claims to have played for Essex when out of the side of a day of England.

"Strauss is a good example for me, said Cook." When he began to play cricket one-day strike rate was approximately 65, maybe 70, but in the end, it was up to 80.

"You can evolve as a player and certainly improve and certainly did that."

While it is true that Cook has improved his stick to a day of Essex, the gain is strictly relative, at least in matches and 40-over Clydesdale Bank he played last season at the beginning of the.

With an international strike rate of 71.3, which is too low for an opener granted stick in the main powerplay opportunities, his ascent to the 76.7 with Essex is not much more than a notch in the right direction, given the less demanding nature of the bowling.

If England is to operate the also effectively played the other équipes, it must really be between 85-90, and it is a bond greater than that made by the Chairman Mao.

He could barely selected a tougher opponent to make his big play against them. Sri Lanka finalists World Cup play cricket one day that it should be, with flair and aggression.

Last time they were here, they won the series bowling one of the 5 - de le 5-0 0 day, overwhelming England long track, a salutary experience for Strauss but that appears not to have any lasting harm.

The return of Tim Bresnan team would normally be a source of comfort to any master, but the Yorkshireman has managed only seven overs in six weeks T20 since refine a calf muscle, producing a single window for 74 runs.

sri Lanka pourrait field on one side even stronger for this match than the one that decimated the offshore team in the T20 Saturday. Tillakaratne Dilshan is 50 - 50 to play, following his broken thumb, the same chances given to Angelo Mathews with a bowl.

A man who is guaranteed to play, by presidential decree, is Sanath Jayasuriya. Saturday, he excelled with the ball, but failed with the bat.

This game is the final farewell for 41 years, so it will be desperate UNCITRAL a few around the oval, complete if it can.

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V England Sri Lanka: Captain Alastair Cook answers critics with powerful exhibition of the racing game

Cook at Trent Bridge sleeves took his score for this series of 267 runs at an average of 89. More important even for a man who likes to keep an eye on statistics, Cook will be pleased that his career come to 97.80 strike rate.

It is a good lick a player named a "plodder" before the beginning of the series by Mike Atherton.

Cook said that he had never hit the ball more sweet that he throws at a faster pace than its partner, Craig Kieswetter, the player, be deemed to be the fire starter at the top of the order.

"It is very rewarding," said Cook. "It is a reward for all the efforts, in that I put." I always knew I can play the game of the day and just be a question of proof to the people.

"You always have to prove yourself, but if I can keep drummer like that with this tempo, and I believe that I have shown in this series, then it will take me useful.

Cook of the Lord Sunday criticized the way Sri Lanka orchestrated a century for young batsman Dinesh Chandimal, so there would be accusations of double action if England had done the same for their captain.

Cook revealed Kieswetter offered from time to time for him to get a hundred of the engineer, but as Captain he established the first team.

"Everybody has a red ink [an out not] it's nice to see Craig hit a six and two to win the game,"Cook says. ".

"He asked about it." He said, "will I find or reached six." Therefore, he struck a six, which is fair enough.

"This is the team that is important, and not personal milestones."

England had requested a field with a lot of bounce at Trent Bridge and Member at Old Trafford, where the series will be decided Saturday, will be under pressure to leave plenty of grass on the surface. "When we saw the land, that was exactly what we asked, Cook said.

"The Member can take a lot of credit because she was brave to let a good grass on it." We want to just land with Report [at Old Trafford].

"Much has been done this window, but the way in which we cast at the end he shown is the best field that we played four games.".

England return to Nottingham next month for the second Test against the India and the focus is to go into this series. Cosmo Singh started the process yesterday by renewing his rivalry with Kevin Pietersen. Cosmo dismissed him five times in international cricket and their relationship fractured when Pietersen described as a "bait of pie".

"I know that good guy and I really want to throw pies more to him and others around him," Cosmo said. "And if my pies can contribute and receive from Pietersen and some other valuable wickets, I would be very happy."

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Steve James: The English captain and andrew Strauss shows how the devil is in the details of eligibility for the international

The top five, two were born in Johannesburg to Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Dublin. Saturday, it was Lumb (Johannesburg), Kieswetter, Pietersen, Morgan. Add Jade Dernbach (Johannesburg), which is also in the team, and you have to scope of which was so rapidly inhabited by some sort of nirvana xenophobic when Martin Johnson announced recently squadron of formation of the world of Rugby of England 45 - man Cup.

He has been a number of players born abroad, including newcomers Manu Tuilagi (born in Fatausi-Fogapoa in Samoa), Mouritz Botha (Vryheid, South Africa) and Thomas Waldrom (Lower Hutt, New Zealand). Much was made of the inclusion of Waldrom, courtesy of the accidental discovery that grandmother was born in England, especially when the Narraway failed Luke tweeted his disgust.

But when it was pointed out in some quarters that 14 of the team were not born in England, it make you wonder. This certainly ask, and I tried hard to find the 14. Only when I realized Matt Banahan (born Jersey) has been included alongside Simon Shaw (Kenya), Charlie Sharples (Hong Kong), Alex Corbisiero (USA) and Delon Armitage (Trinidad), all came from England at a young age, that rather more became of what should be the case. I know Jersey is part of the British Isles, but is not part of the United Kingdom, but this was extending to a point.

This xenophilia seem perhaps strange coming from one known for its criticism scathing of the proliferation of EU-qualified and Kolpak players in county cricket, but, as always, the devil is in the detail. For example Strauss should not count in such arguments. It may have been born in South Africa, but he settled in that country when he was six. He would not acquire the nickname of "Lord Brocket" had he stayed in South Africa as long.

My gripes were always with signed specifically moved foreigners because they were cheaper and "those made above"; no need to waste time in the academies of County. It is interesting that the case for Kolpaks is currently re-made now, with their presence reduced by so-called strict regulation coinciding with a fall in standards. But if there is Kolpaks of the use that they are generally type which would have been real players overseas in the past before the expanded international cricket fixture list.

Of course, the aliens have their use. I am currently writing a book about the influence of Duncan Fletcher and Andy Flower as coaches of cricket in England for canker love team. And in these days of easy global travel, emigration is hardly a rarity.

It is plain silly for some critics of John Bull-tendency to question the recent selections of Johnson. As the beetle eyebrows rightly said: "they are qualified and are available for us. "He must choose his best team from those available. Acting otherwise would invite all sorts of other charges.

The only caveat is that it is probably best to check with the individual first if he really wants to play for England. I'm not sure that the England cricket selectors builds enough when they selected the Australian Darren Pattinson for a Test against the South Africa at Headingley in 2008.

Only a change in the regulations may see a decrease in the number. And they differ from sport to sport. In Rugby Union the residence qualification is 36 consecutive months; In cricket, it is four consecutive years, at least 210 days in each of those years.

And the grandmother of born in England of Waldrom guarantee not qualifying for the team of cricket in England, as is the team of Rugby Union, although it is hoped, a birth certificate to prove it, kiwifruit Shane Howarth and Brett Sinkinson, who played once for Wales without doing so.

This episode of "grannygate" infamous since considerable tightening regulations of the Rugby Union. Now you can play for both countries, as did Howarth. Unless it is a different sport, which is where Shontayne Hape, former New Zealand Rugby international XIII and now England Rugby Union of the centre, recently.

Perhaps these regulations should I crunch.

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The ashes of 2010: Pivot Ricky Ponting can be bounced to said former England captain Tony Greig

"It is not enough reel that he used to be - it is one of the best ever - but it was hit a few times in the head and was to play shot traction."

"When you start to hit the or see them as well that you used (there are doubts)."

"If Ricky gets nailed a couple of times and gets off the hook, shot will be lifting English without end."

If I were in England, particularly at the Gabba, I have two back immediately to the limit and I would be right to him.

"This is the kind of philosophy which has been adopted by Jardine (Douglas) Bodyline.Il should halve Bradman averaged.".

But Greig conceded any plan target Ponting should be carried out perfectly or it could backfire spectacularly.

"It is the second number one", added Greig.

"A Australia perspective, I think Ricky performance is essential."

"If Ricky gets off the coast, a good start and a few tracks and then I think that the whole place will be thrown."

Former Captain Mark Taylor Australia recognizes the Ponting with bat form will go a long way to the series to decide.

But he says England are on the wrong path if they believe that the Australian skipper is in steep decline.

"He was off hooking a few times during the past year and a half it might work, but it is the kind of tactics that could also backfire" Taylor said.

"If Ricky began playing the hook shot and concludes in the middle of the bat there mark quickly enough."

"He bats three, is a hub for the Australia man, if he has a good series I'm sure that the Australian side will just follow him."

"If they can inconvenience Ricky and he beats so that he would like bat, it will go very far to England to win the series."

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V England Sri Lanka: opposition batsmen left England captain Alastair Cook off the hook

Run the command: Alastair Cook was dans featured his first game as captain for a day Photo: AFP

It is difficult to make much of a judgment on the sleeves of Alistair Cook three balls at the top of the order. He got the mark immediately with a careful, leg glance hi-res his second ball with elegance to the midwicket boundary, but received a thin tip for the third. It is to use the vernacular, a bit of a choke to the Launcher.

Cook is not a pure striker of the ball and his attempts to improvise after he had exceeded the 100 in the Lord's Test, were awkward. As a resourceful, he will find a way to increase his strike rate, but the general impression is that it doesn't have the power and range have a major impact at the top of the order.

Such was the inadequacy of the Sri Lankan batsmen, he had to do little in the field outside to take a capture neat before rolling. From a point of view of personal performance, the Board is therefore still.

InEngland, so precise in Test cricket, appear very confused in the one day arena. It is the best place in one day cricket in the top three. Three more intimidating batsmen in England are Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell, and they stick to 4, 5 and 6. All were off when defined, taking additional risk because of the position that they were to stick to. Frappeurs order may step Cook to make, but it has the responsibility to take it.

Field rankings

Cook first act in the field was to move, Tim Bresnan squarer long-legged. Third delivery of James Anderson was misdirected on the side of the leg and the dangerous Tillakaratne Dilshan could strike anywhere but it clipped straight to the bottom of the Bresnan gorge. Cook was perhaps euphoric, aware that the first step to be a good captain is to be a lucky captain.

Sanath Jayasuriya then sliced a sharp capture gully and Kumar Sangakkara poked a return to the melon to again emphasize the message.

After this, however, Cook was too defensive. With Sri Lanka to 49 for five, no there was no slippage in the Dernbach Jade animated, happened the edge frequently. When the principle Thilina Kandamby finally attempted an attacking shot and he scuffed along the ground to Cook himself at mid - on, he was immediately back itself on the border. This is to a drummer who had not previously hit a ball off the coast of the place. He published finally slip when Sri Lanka were 67 for seven. However, as Anderson has proven in the early overs, the best way to restrict the marking in one day cricket is taking of wickets.

Power plays

In a reduced match, it is no great scope for imaginative use of power game, but choice of melon in sri Lanka for power play Cook batting was interesting. He instantly replaced Graeme Swann with Bresnan; a bit unnecessary given the desperate situation were Sri Lanka, giving the distinct impression that he captains by predetermined plan. It is a little rigid. It would have been more fun to Swann to continue with the field.

Leadership style

Energetic, relaxed, engaged with bowling, looked comfortable and if he was enjoying himself. It was great to start with a victory, but it would happily admit that it was the first plush.

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V Sri Lanka England: James Anderson is key to our bowling attack, says Captain Andrew Strauss

England lead the series three games 1-0 and a draw will be enough to ensure that they will end.

However, Strauss continued: "we are determined to make it 2-0 and finish the series."

"There was some good cricket played by the two parties among showers, that we had, but we want to build on what we have accomplished so far."

"We have until now in decent positions in two games and we want to get the win this time."

Tourists, sri Lanka, meanwhile, will be Captain tomorrow by Kumar Sangakkara in the absence of the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Strauss added: "Dilshan casts exceptionally well to the Lord but Sri Lanka have always got deep in their batting."

"We will have to take care of what we encounter the day and make the hard yards".

Strauss continues: "the first two games were very stop-start, it was difficult to construct the rhythm.

"But we made five centuries in the first two games and if you do that you will win more games than you lose." There are also a few performances really good bowling and good catch.

"We were not quite at 100%, but I hope that we will improve."

"Which showed the Lord is the quality of our bowling in the last 18 months, we were a little down and it became very clear." You cannot expect platy perfect Test each time, but we need to improve. »

Form of Strauss made review after a series of low scores, alongside that of paceman Stuart Broad.

Captain insists focus rest on the outcome of the team, just by adding: "I want to win the series, more importantly, and hopefully get runs myself, I can go and watch the one-dayers with assured the series."

Offshore, he said: "it knocked a few really good balls, some really good spells, and he has not obtained the wickets to show that."

"We all need to make, pushing to take your places of persons.".

"Which is an element important to our success over the past two years, you are still likely to encounter an injury to your bowlers and you need this backup it."

"Steven Finn is an exceptional bowler and we have Tim Bresnan recover from injury, so this means that nobody can rest on their laurels."

Strauss praised the work of the staff of the Rose Bowl, saying: "we're excited about it, they did an amazing job with the stage and there is an enthusiasm for first Test of the Rose Bowl."

"They took much time, effort and money in the ground." When it was built kiosks were not very good and now they are excellent, so they have answered all the questions asked of them. »

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Somerset v India: English Captain Andrew Strauss made hay with cent against tourists out-of-sorts

As Andrew Strauss tuned-up for the week Lord's Test with a hundred of invincibility to go with the 78 he made in the first round, the India must be hoping that their instinct for survival kicks in until their cricket in the three-day match against Somerset was disastrous, despite the match petering out for a game zero.

It is perhaps too early to describe their tour as being in shreds, despite Peter Trego dismantling their bowling with a brutally hit 85 which took 57 balls and included seven fours in six and seven.

But unless significant improvements are made, they may struggle to match in sri Lanka, who were more lame than game such as the summer warm-up Act.

Arrived in England last Tuesday, India gave a practical printing did not want to be here.

Yesterday, after the swaggering century from Suresh Raina had brought them a semblance of dignity, they took the field - decision of the Somerset next to not enforce the monitoring - without Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan.

A call to the Manager of the Tower, Anirudh Chaudhry, said that the injury was not the reason for which that they stayed in the locker room, and that both were actually at rest.

Odd mogul could have used these tactics in the past, but there is a sense stars of the Indian Premier League, with the premiums added for the Indians, is wasting players and making modern maharajas of all the.

On Saturday, VVS Laxman, which was founded in his game, said that experienced test players will always adapt.

However, experienced test players also know that bowlers need overs in the legs and the batsmen, even those who are also good as Tendulkar, enjoy time to the fold.

After all, this is why Strauss, rather than have more net with Graham Gooch, is the unprecedented move to guest for Somerset that they offer the only chance of a decent bat before the series.

It is plausible that the absence of Zaheer was a tactical move, given the vulnerability seen Strauss against bowlers fought his left arm.

It pretty much him bowling at half-cock in the first round so if he is himself save ambushed in Lord of the next Thursday for the test, it was an interesting approach. You do not tend to rise to reveals lounging around your sweat.

Without cause Strauss a few problems, Captain of England simply selected other offshore among the hundreds of simpler that he never scored.

He was not bowling of Bill, despite the violent assault of the Trego, especially against Amit Mishra, thus believing. Mishra actually beat the bat several times in the first round with his wrist spin.

But yesterday, he went the distance with all eight hit sixes, including that of Strauss, arriving off the coast of his bowling. Indeed, one of his overs cost 28 after Trego struck for four successive sixes, Miss hundreds Somerset after complete humiliation by declaring at tea.

Earlier in the day, Raina, this is certain to play in the Test next week, appreciated its own fireworks by joining club hundreds here, the last 70 court is to stick with Munaf, No 11 the India Patel.

As soon as that Patel market, Raina was used in the fashion of the IPL, something it quite effectively to Chennai SuperKings. Its ruined assault certainly figures of Charl Willoughby, who have been exemplary Saturday after he claimed by high order of the India.

Willoughby finished with six for 76, his left arm swing is not not that something offered by the England attack next week after Tim Bresnan and Stuart Broad was included in the team. Wide is a melon bang-it-in trying to get face of drummer bullet and bluster.

For the moment, the captain and the coach is feeling its aggression complements other launchers, but less than the drummers of India knuckle down, something much more polished should be sufficient to bring them down.

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Umpire Daryl Harper quits early after criticism friom India captain MS Dhoni

 By Nick Hoult, Deputy Cricket Correspondent

8:47PM BST 29 Jun 2011

The Australian was recently demoted from the International Cricket Council’s elite panel of umpires after a string of mistakes were highlighted by the decision review system. His last match was due to be the third Test between West Indies and India in Dominica next week but the ICC announced on Wednesday that he had stood down “in the wake of some unfair criticism”.

It follows comments from MS Dhoni, the India captain, who said after the first Test: “If the correct decisions were made, the game would have finished much earlier and I would have been in the hotel by now.”

The ICC defended Harper’s record, saying he had a 96 per cent accuracy rate during series involving India. “We have every faith in Daryl to finish the series and while we regret his decision we do respect it,” said David Richardson,.the ICC's general manager of cricket.

Harper has been replaced for the third Test by England's Richard Kettleborough.

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The ashes of 2010: reputation of Australia Captain Ricky Ponting is on the line ahead of the definition of the series

This is unfair for Ponting find himself during the trial in this way? He is a man who has won more test matches - both as a player and Captain - than any other player of cricket in history. Whether its reputation should not be safe?

Not according to an Australian legend, who preferred to remain anonymous. ""Ponting is a great drummer," he says, but it is one of the poorest captains Australia took.

"This team had it easy for longtemps.Clive Lloyd had no captain of the West Indies in the 1980s, he has just launched one of them the ball." It was the same with the Australia, but now that the wizards took their retirement, they are not obtaining the best players they got.

"The time when you investigate a captain is when they are in charge of a modestly talented team.Ponting has no understanding of human management. And now things away from him, it is not good back and look at what is the problem.

It is radical position in a wide range of opinions .Comme Adam Gilchrist recently, "Capitainerie du Ponting mobilizes people".Du everybody perspective is different, and how to display it tends to depend on the manner of display captaincy itself.

Australia, where players have traditionally been as rustic as local stringybark trees custom has always been pick the 11th first and then ask the player to mix up.It is the culture of autonomy that teams are expected to almost Captain themselves.

Remember Keith Miller, whose opening address to the 12 - man squad was "one of you off eff and dispersion of rest?

In England, we have a romantic ideal of the captaincy, dating at the time where amateurs have been picked only to lead professionals in the bataille.Nous see captain as an alchemist, the man who must turn gormless pros counties in test match gold.

Ponting scores highly on the first axis - axis Allan Border, if you the souhaitez.Un mixture of dust gum-chewer like borders, it is also a front lead classic Captain whose only real statement with his accusations is "do as I do." He practices with intent, played with passion and has maintained a completely professional lifestyle since its first flirt with alcohol left him a black eye to Sydney Bourbon and beefsteak 11 years nursing.

Nor is it a cold, as some have suggested fish. "Ricky played one season with us in 2004," explains the former Somerset Keith Parsons versatile. "It was my year of benefits, and there has been considerable effort for him.

"The next day he flew from Australia, I had a game organized in a village club rain pouring .Lorsqu ' he said that he wanted to come along, I replied" joke where you aren't you?But he played in the puddles of water on the field and took the time to talk about all the inhabitants.

"He instilled much belief in us", said Parsons."It was as if he had played with us for years and he had great confidence in our ability. If you were angels with him in a pursuit race, it would always give you the strike.»

First instinct Ponting's back people, just like his mentor Steve Waugh once sustained him.One of his best appeals was to insist on the fact that Andrew Symonds should go 2003, despite a record underwhelming World Cup.

Sometimes, however, this very Australian sense of certainty may create its own problèmes.À Edgbaston in 2005, Ponting submitted his team too loin.Bol firstly, when Glenn McGrath had just given his ankle on a loose ball, was a huge error of judgment.

And it was followed by others: vulnerable to Marcus North Bowl as time ran in Cardiff the last year or do on Nagpur Hussey when the India sought decision.

Mark Ray, journalist and former captain of Tasmania, very excellence as a drummer Ponting has led to a way of life quite limitée.Et this narrowness of vision may explain why he scores so disappointing on the second axis of the captaincy - Mike Brearley inspiring axis tactical placing field and man-management.

"We had enough overlap in Tasmania," said Ray, but I had heard that the Mowbray boy would be better than David Boon, and therefore it is avéré.Ponting was great cricket player, but who has been his life from his young âge.Je think it is mainly the show-business.»

After six years in charge of the test team, the word is that Ponting will be developed after the printemps.Somerset World Cup hope that he can even return for another season at Taunton.Mais firstly that wholesale - series to determine how it will be recalled.

"If the Australia loses and then Ponting is deported from the continent in Tasmania and said that he could only of greyhound racing," said Damien Fleming, the former Australian swing player. "He was out and he said to himself.

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The ashes of 2010: Ricky Ponting declining but England should strike Captain Australia at their peril

Both have the courage of their convictions. Once they made up their minds, it is apparently nothing in return. They have passed characters, before appearing to be stubborn and stubborn.

They are both a friable bits when it's irrelevant interviewees, and they come from States that are atypical in their country as a whole – although Tasmanian have generally tend to be more humble than the Texans, I guess.

There are many Australian who think bigarrées like Bush, especially if he led his country to a third party without precedent will be defeated cendres.Jeff Ponting inheritance Thomson is probably the most virulent dissident.

Ponting is not a bad guy - he whistled as he walked window in 2009 with the amazing grace.

England will not write him off again.It can be 35, but it is an uncontested world-class in Australia player still have.

Its powers may be declining to 35, but there still average eight tests 46.66 this année.Et victims could short ball hook, line and sinker of late, but his class and stubbornness is fully capable him see extend his love story with lots of Australian test (it averages 60 at home, compared to 48 away) and Brisbane (where its average test is 66, reaching 100 against England).

In the first round of review of ash from 2002-2003, he scored 123 to Gabba.Quatre years later, he struck 196.Andrew Strauss is most unlikely to give a first use of this time, Nasser Hussain as eight years ago.

The main task of the Ponting will be to lift the spirits - there is no doubt that Australians are not also floating routine and coax the 20 wickets relatively inexperienced attack.

It is obvious playing for England against the Australia in Hobart tourists have deeper resources - would the inclusion of Chris Tremlett and Ajmal Shahzad instead of James Anderson (at least in Australia conditions) and Steve Finn, actually weaken the side?

But even the Australia attack will want their chances if they defend against England in Brisbane-485_,_492 totals and 602 for nine declared somewhere in the region of their three sleeves-first test last.

And for that to happen, Ponting is always human...

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The ashes of 2010: we have exorcised demons of 2006, said England Captain Andrew Strauss, after the Australia examined thoroughly

Six members of the England team had played in Australia before this tour, but it was their first victory of test. Little is part of such unilateral victory, the time which gave England chance make sure to keep the ashes before Christmas.

"The best feeling is walking in the locker room after winning this test match," said Pietersen. "Four years ago it was a cloakroom very, very horrible to walk." It was a very quiet locker, closet very negative, and not not as United as the cloakroom is at this time.

Individual performances obviously add a victory for the team and the victory of the team is now simply an incredible feeling. Any takes the wickets or obtains passes.

"Australia wins, I have not had one and Straussy did not have one, it is a feeling." We are going to enjoy, but we are not going to get on our laurels, because once the convenience defines, it bites you.

"English cricket good thing made in the course of that a few months or a few years is that we have not been complacent." We are on our jobs.

As advocates of the Ashes, a victory for England in Perth would retain the ballot box, but with the Australia such a low ebb, first series victory here for 24 years is the only goal.

"We now have a big boost in this series and we must keep going, said Andrew Strauss, the captain of England.".

"This rest in good place, but we know the game of cricket and we know that there has been a horrible bite you, if you start yourself way tap on the back too."

"We must take advantage of this and it enjoy because it is a special victory for us and to some extent exorcises some demons here four years ago."

We are in a good position now. Our batter is in good shape and bowling are bowling. But we must ensure that we take our foot off the coast of the pedal now. We know Australia will return us hard and if back us their way in the series they will take it. »

Strauss has confirmed the three launchers England hoping to replace Stuart broad - fast Ajmal Shahzad, Chris Tremlett and Tim Bresnan - will play in the game for three days against Victoria starting with at CWM Friday.

"The probability is all three play so we'll see than that which is the most powerful and most adapted to Perth, research that is going to be important,", he said.

"What is happening in Melbourne will have an effect, but we suggest bowling are more likely to Perth from ATMs."

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The ashes of 2010: what could retreat hold the Australia Captain Ricky Ponting?

Decision time: Ricky Ponting could soon follow other great Aussie retired photo: GETTY IMAGES

Australia in 50-over cricket disappointing and testing with its own frappeurs form a recent comprehensive registration concern - it is only 83 runs in its six sleeves, this series - place was in doubt anyway. But now the little finger of his left hand fractured makes its position even more vulnerable.

If the 36 years at CRA 151-12,333 tests runs, hundreds of 39 and averaged 53.85 - what might the future hold for him?

It strikes me as a type of drag area of Channel 9 comment, and they are already tripled-stationed there any.

Former captains Richie Benaud, Mark Taylor, Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry are all scrambling to get a word in ways dashboard alongside Ian Healy, Michael Slater and Adam Gilchrist and sufficiently Mark Nicholas and Tony Greig (well, he leads in England, although he was born in South Africa and has lived in Australia since one of the last 35 years).

Benaud may or may not to retire his house on the coast of azure, but I do not see Ponting moving in to replace him.

So maybe coaching? As a man who could be the first Australian to lose three series of ash, may well expect a certain amount of veins of his youth, though you should never forget that he charges / is an amazing drummer.

Steve Waugh was press week last for his comments about (in its role as a member of the Board of cricket global CMC) lie detector tests. It has not declined comment or coaching road, adopting an eclectic mix of activities include writing, photography, companies and charities operate. There are even rumors that it may function as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party.

Ponting could become a selector - Allan Border took the road in 1988 by 2005 and did quite well (up to the last campaign in England).

Ponting and border, Kim Hughes was also a fine player, but unfortunately he will always remember for his resignation tears of the captaincy in 1984, then subsequent involvement turned into South Africa rebels. He spent a year as Chairman of selectors for the Australia and has been a commentator for ABC Radio.

Greg Chappell driven India and resurfaced now as selector full-time Australia, while Brian Booth tried his luck as a Liberal candidate for the Australian Parliament, but lost the election.

Bob Simpson is a brilliant coach, who helped rebuild the discredited Australia team lost to England in 1986-87 ash border.

Bill Woodfull became a Professor of Mathematics: summing up all these tracks - 13,388 cricket first class - happens in practice.

Ian Craig forged a successful career with boots the chemist, Arthur Morris joined another company of British Columbia Colombia, George Wimpey engineering society. If Ponting admits the ashes again, perhaps a grateful British society can be aligned. But it seems unlikely.

Hope Ponting avoided the fate of Clem Hill. He died of a tramway thrown in Melbourne.

Post-Playing days are unpredictable and not always happy. This is why Ponting will be praying that his finger heals so that it can play in Sydney and Melbourne and keep his test career and the harbour master's Office, living.

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Warwickshire Captain Ian Westwood resigned the role to focus on his batting

Westwood said Warwickshire last month that he wanted to resign as captain to concentrate on his stick but Ashley Giles, Director of County Cricket, he was asked to reconsider.

But Westwood said now Warwickshire will be wants their captain for a third season after having fought for combining the role of openness to the stick.

"I tried to convince Ian to reconsider, but his mind was made up," said Giles. "It is a little difficult character and he said that he made his decision for all the right reasons, I respect.

Westwood position appeared vulnerable when he stepped down as captain of t20 Warwickshire in mid-season due to a lack of running gave Jim Troughton's first taste of the captaincy.

Westwood then lost its place alongside Warwickshire CB40 for last three matches of the season and was watching from the balcony of flag to the Lord when Ian Bell skipped on the side of the title with the victory of Somerset in the end of September.

"It is difficult for the captain directing side in all forms of cricket these jours.Les applications are enormous, said Giles.".

"Quantity of cricket, we play, and the intensity with which he played place increased demand on captains and it becomes increasingly more difficult for a man to work."

"It is something that we have to look at the time and it may in the future it is a work that is shared between two or three people.

Westwood is the eighth change County Captain since the beginning of the season last after Chris Rogers (Derbyshire), Will Smith (Durham), Jamie Dalrymple (Glamorgan), Mark Pettini (Essex), Shaun municipal (Middlesex), Nicky Boje (Northamptonshire) and Vikram Solanki (Worcestershire).

Warwickshire will have two players with the experience of the international captaincy on their books next season Ireland skipper Will Porterfield and former Captain Younus Khan Pakistan.

Porterfield has not yet fully settle in county cricket and could be seen as an outsider to employment .Younus, condition allow its international commitments, seems stronger candidate.

Darren Maddy has the experience of the captaincy but as Westwood, stepped down to concentrate on sound to the bâton.Mauvaise Troughton form last season means that he could guarantee not a place in next season side.

In the meantime, former England one day international Jamie Dalrymple was replaced as captain of Glamorgan taking the number of victims since the beginning of the season last eight.

Dalrymple was replaced as captain of Glamorgan South African drummer Alviro Petersen, who joins the Welsh County as their new player overseas.

Warwickshire have not yet decide successor to Westwood, but they are looking for their tenth captain in 14 seasons since Dermot Reeve, leading to six trophies between 1993 and 1995, has been forced to retire to injury at Midway until 1996.

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The ashes of 2010: Australia begin wins again, insists the captain Ricky Ponting

"We were very competitive in the second test India without obtaining the line as well." There is no sugar coating anything, we know we have some work to do and we know that we've not played cricket one day for a short time. We want to turn our fortunes and I think it's really important to start to get the feeling return winner. »

Ponting last year became the first captain of the Australia since Billy Murdoch in 1890 to lose two sets of ash Angleterre.Pour becoming the first to suffer three defeats ash to proceed would tarnish a surprising game record.

It is a class act in the House queue. Mike Hussey and Simon Katich beaters are fine, but their statistical no match for Tasmania, which has marked 12,250 runs in 148 tests 54.69 with 39 centuries, eight against England.

It is not the player he was--an average of 100 in 2003 and 89 in 2006 - but is still counter that tourists will be price more.But Vaughan said: "if he loses the series he ira.Il has lost the ashes of twice and has not won an ash in England either."Obviously, he won the 2006-07 5-0 ashes, but he had a better team to manage these record jours.Son in Australia is phenomenal, but it will be at its best, as a captain and a drummer put England under pressure.»

Ponting will have to wait before its ash frappeurs preparations begin seriously, however, as it has been set to miss one day international against Sri Lanka at Melbourne.Au rather than this it will travel to Launceston to her grandmother's funeral.

Ponting still hopes for good things to come out of 50-plus clash - the first of last resort in a series of three games providing Australia before Ash - in addition to this first win in six matches.

He is delighted to see Xavier emerging Doherty - just in time to add to Kevin Pietersen woes against spinners left arm.Stock of registered Tasmanian Ponting match digits seven to 145 in his more recent match against Victoria in Sheffield shield.

"He had some very good years did not it?Ponting says. "There is no doubt that it was probably performed best spinner in shorter forms of the game and it became a game-winner of Tasmanie.Un boy from Launceston, the same as me.»

Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz plays of New South Wales against Queensland he seeks the form in the game more longtemps.Doherty Hauritz versus Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar later in the series - perhaps in Sydney and Adelaide - perhaps intriguing.

Ponting holds also for Mike Hussey impressed after a double failure for the Australia against the Australia of Sud.Il is only 17, 28, 34 and 20 in said Inde.Ponting tests: "class as him players usually find a way so that it is."

How it all turned to Baggy Green

»Lost second test at Headingley Pakistan by three wickets in July, after be reversed to 88 in first manche.Résultat meant that the series had drawn 1-1.

»First test against the India in Mohali lost by a one-stop despite scoring first manche.Laxman 428 SVV has re-established their nemesis.

»Second test in Bangalore lost by seven wickets despite producing 478 in first round.

»The first and the third over 50 ODIs rained off the coast, but the India won the second at Visakhapatnam by five wickets.

»Bad form continued Sunday as Sri Lanka imposed a first loss of House T20 in seven wickets in Perth.

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The Ashes 2010: Australia captain Ricky Ponting's world turned upside down by India

It was Sachin Tendulkar who administered the latest blow to Australia's self-esteem, stroking an unbeaten half-century to seal India's 2-0 series win. From the moment when Ponting was lbw to the excellent Zaheer Khan, late on Tuesday evening, the Bangalore Test had always looked to be heading India's way.

Their comfortable seven-wicket margin made it a routine victory by comparison with the last-ditch drama of Mohali, where Australian substitute fielder Steven Smith could have won the match with a direct hit from 15 yards.

Wednesday's result was another disappointment for Ponting, whose record as captain in India now stands at seven Tests, five defeats and two draws. Ironically, a broken thumb forced him out of most of the 2004 tour – the only time in the last 30 years when Australia have won a series there – and it was Adam Gilchrist who carried the Aussies over "the final frontier".

Speaking after the match, Ponting identified faults in every department of Australia's cricket. Their batting, he said, should not have been brushed aside so easily in the second innings, while the seamers had failed to match Zaheer in the dark arts of reverse-swing.

Most worryingly of all, Nathan Hauritz's off-spin was spanked all over the place, yielding the alarming figures of 12-0-76-1. It was a bleak day for Hauritz, if not quite as grim as Bryce McGain's one and only Test against South Africa, when the leg-spinner returned 18-2-149-0.

Australia's failure to find a spinner with even a fraction of Shane Warne's ability is the biggest single reason for Ashes optimism, especially when Graeme Swann seems to improve with each match.

Yet Warne has sympathy for his successors' plight. "How the hell can Hauritz bowl to this field?" he wrote on his Twitter page on Wednesday morning. "What are these tactics? Sorry Ricky but what are you doing?"

"Those are the fields [Hauritz] wants to bowl to," a frustrated Ponting returned on Wednesday night. "Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that Shane would take the time to ask anyone about that."

While the disagreement was relatively low-key, it may be symptomatic of growing disquiet in Australia about Ponting's record as captain. On the two biggest tours – England and India – his tally stands at four defeats from four Test series.

With the exception of the Hauritz debate, this Test probably had less to say about Australia's Ashes prospects than the last one. We already knew that they tend to struggle in subcontinental conditions, which are about as different from their own high-bouncing pitches as it is possible to get.

What was new in Mohali was the mental frailty that allowed the Indians to recover from 124 for eight to overhaul a target of 216. In his playing days, Warne always used to say that the Poms would crumble under pressure. But on the evidence of last year's denouement at the Brit Oval, it is now Ponting's mob who are flaking out at key moments.

Australia's tumble down the rankings ladder began just over a year ago, with that seismic defeat in South London. Since then, they have dropped more points against Pakistan and now India.

But that's where it will stop. Even in the unlikely event that England win the Ashes 5-0, Australia's ranking cannot get any worse for years to come, as there is a big gap between the five major Test teams and the others who make up the numbers.

Not that it is much consolation for a team who are used to lording it over all comers. Backdated records show that Australia have held an effective monopoly over Test cricket. If the rankings system had existed back between 1995 and 2009, they would have spent all but eight months at the top.

There are few things in sport more fascinating than the decline of a dynasty. Now, as results fall away around him, Ponting finds himself cast in an unenviable role: the last emperor of Australian cricket.

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The Ashes 2010: I am the right man to captain Australia against England, says Ricky Ponting

Pressure has mounted on Ponting's leadership ahead of the five-Test home Ashes series against England, with Australia now having lost three consecutive Tests for the first time in more than 20 years.

However, when asked if he was the right man to captain Australia this summer, Ponting said: "Absolutely, I've got no doubt about that at all.

"It was disappointing over there (India)... but that's the game of cricket.

"I'm still learning about my own game and my captaincy and if the other players can learn a bit from that trip then it should hold us in good stead for the summer.

"I'm trying to do my best as captain to help some of these guys through some difficult times. That's all I can continue to do.

"I give my absolute best as always, ever since I've been the Australian captain, to be the best leader I can be and be the best player I can be and if I get criticised for that along the way then I can't do anything about that."

Lawson has called for current vice-captain Michael Clarke to lead Australia against England at the Gabba in Brisbane on Nov 25.

Lawson said Ponting, 35, had now lost five series as skipper, and relieving him of the captaincy would allow him to focus more on his batting.

"I mean he's now lost five series, it may be time to say, 'Look mate, we've got Michael Clarke ready to go with a nice fresh young mind," Lawson said.

"'He (Clarke) can be the captain and you focus on your batting and try to restore yourself to the level we know you're capable.'"

But Clarke has his own problems and scored just 35 runs from four innings in the Indian Test series.

Ponting, meanwhile, said he had told Warne directly of his feelings about controversial remarks made by the fromer spinner on Twitter.

"I sent (Warne) a few texts and I'm not hiding the fact I was really disappointed with the tweets that I read," Ponting said.

"I've just got to put it behind me now. I told him that I was a bit disappointed, and I thought what he had to say was very unfair, for the fact it was pretty ill-informed comments that he made.

"I've never been one to run away or be too big or too good for criticism."

The embattled skipper, though, was given a vote of confidence from the federal Sports Minister, Mark Arbib.

"I'm a big fan of Punter (Ponting)," Arbib said. "I think Ricky Ponting has been a wonderful captain for our country and over a long period of time so I think he will remain as captain going through the Ashes."

Former fast bowler Brett Lee said the three successive Test losses would rule out any complacency ahead of the Ashes that might have crept into the Australian dressing room.

"The thing I can say is complacency won't be setting in now because the shoe is on the other foot," Lee said.

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Ricky Ponting backed as Australia captain despite abject series in India

 Down but not out: Ricky Ponting remains 'the best man' for the job of Australia's cricket captain, says coach Tim Nielsen Photo: AFP

Former Australia bowler Geoff Lawson called for Ponting to be removed as captain, while Shane Warne questioned his fielding placements during the second Test at Bangalore.

Nielsen said: "While we haven't had some of the results we would have liked, there's no doubt in my mind, or anybody's mind inside the group, that Ricky is the right man to lead the team.

"There is nobody better in Australian cricket or world cricket to lead this side. As the captain of this team and the leader of our group, he does a great job in keeping a consistent outlook on things.

"It is certainly not a time to be panicking. I can't think of a better person to be leading a group through a few ups and downs."

Speaking about the last-gasp, one-wicket loss in the first Test, the coach said: "We were probably one ball away from having a great Test match result at Mohali and I wonder if all these things would have been talked about if that was the case."

On the remarks made by Lawson and Warne, Nielsen said he expected past players to pass comment, but that he believed they need to be more careful with what they say.

"People are entitled to their opinions," Nielsen added. "I don't think we can sit here and expect past players not to talk about us.

"That's one of the rights they have as one of the 416 who have represented this country.

"You respect that past players have an understanding of what the game entails and how difficult the Test match arena is. I just hope, at times, they take a breath before they talk and have a think about what they maybe felt like under pressure."

Australia, who have slipped to fifth place in the Test rankings, will now meet India for a three-match one-day international series starting on Sunday, with the first match to be played in Kochi.

The No 1-ranked ODI side will be without many leading names, including Ponting. Michael Clarke, Doug Bollinger, Michael Hussey, Tim Paine, Steve Smith and Nathan Hauritz are the only members of the Test squad in the 50-over party.

The hosts have also rested Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Pragyan Ojha. Pace bowler Ishant Sharma will also miss the series due to a minor injury.

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