Ponting Blasts Australia After Shocking Batting Collapse Against Bangladesh

Da wi :
Fo me
Aust alia
captai
Ricky
Po ti g
has
hit
out
at
the
hosts’
batte s
followi g
a
dismal
day
o e
pe fo ma ce
agai st
Ba gladesh
i
the
o goi g
fi st
Test,
addi g
that
thei
ea ly
seaso
usti ess
mea t
they
we e
outplayed
a d
outwitted
by
the
visito s’
bowli g
li e-up.

Aust alia
we e
bowled
out
fo
a
palt y
198
afte
opti g
to
bat
fi st,
with
Ba gladesh
pace
Hasa
Mahmud
tea i g
th ough
the
li eup
with
figu es
of
6-55.
Now
with
Ba gladesh& squo;s
lead
c ossi g
150,
it
mea t
the
focus
is
back
o
Aust alia& squo;s
shoddy
batti g
pe fo ma ce,
whe e
ba i g
Steve
Smith
(71),
o
o e
made
a
otable
co t ibutio .

“The e
was
a
lot
of
ea ly-seaso
usti ess,
they
have & squo;t
played
fo
a
lo g
time,
but
you
ca & squo;t
excuse
some
of
the
tech ical
issues
a d
flaws
we
saw
f om
the
top
o de
i
pa ticula .
I
was
su p ised
Aust alia
actually
chose
to
bat,
especially
with
Ba gladesh
comi g
off
just
54
i
the
wa m-up
game.

“The
Aust alia
seame s
o
that
wicket
yeste day
mo i g
would
have
bee
ea -o
u playable.
A
few
eyeb ows
aised
whe
Aust alia
did
decide
to
bat.
But
whe
you
wi
the
toss
a d
decide
to
bat
eve yo e
is
expecti g
a
few
mo e
tha
190
agai st
a
attack
like
that,”
Po ti g
said
o
SEN& squo;s
Fi eball.

Calli g
out
the
atio al
selecto s
fo
bei g
hesita t
to
t a sitio
towa ds
you gste s,
Po ti g
poi ted
out
that
Aust alia
have
fielded
thei
oldest
Test
side
si ce
1928,
with
all- ou de
Came o
G ee
(27)
bei g
the
sole
u de -30
playe .

“I
still
feel
like
they
missed
a
oppo tu ity
i
these
couple
of
games
to
look
at
some
you ge
tale t
that
we& squo;ve
got
i
Aust alia.
I
k ow
the
Sheffield
Shield
umbe s
a e & squo;t
outsta di g
fo
ou
you g
batte s,
but
I
thi k
we
might
have
to
look
a
bit
deepe
tha
just
what
the
umbe s
suggest.

“Go
with
a
bit
of
gut-feel
a d
pick
o
tale t
because
what
we& squo;ve
got
i
the
cu e t
side
ow
–
a d
it
has
bee
fo
a
couple
of
yea s
–
has
ot
looked
up
to
the
ma k
of
Test
c icket
level.
It
(cha ge)
is
goi g
to
happe .

“They& squo;ve
got
21
Tests
comi g
up
u til
the
e d
of
the
Wo ld
Test
Champio ship
(WTC)
–
they& squo; e
at
home
to
New
Zeala d,
they& squo; e
away
to
South
Af ica,
they& squo; e
away
to
I dia.
I evitably
they& squo;ll
be
goi g
th ough
16-18
playe s
i
this
ext
little
u .
So
I
thi k
o ga ically
it
will
sta t
to
happe
whe e
guys
will
be
comi g
i
a d
out
just
to
t y
a d
ma age
them
th ough
u til
the
e d
of
it,”
he
oted.

Add essi g
whethe
a
pote tial
defeat
to
Ba gladesh
would
fo ce
st uctu al
cha ges,
Po ti g
stated,
“You
would
like
to
thi k
so.
This
g oup
has
bee
so
tight.
I
do & squo;t
k ow
if
they& squo; e
sca ed
of
maki g
cha ge,
o
deep
dow
they
k ow
that
the e
might
ot
be
a ythi g
bette
that& squo;s
waiti g
u de eath.

“It& squo;s
bee
at
least
12
mo ths
whe e
they
have
had
the
oppo tu ity
to
make
cha ges,
especially
with
the
batti g
g oup.
They
have
a
lot
of
wo k
to
do,
the e& squo;s
a
lo g
way
to
go
i
this
game,
a d
ight
ow
I& squo;m
ot
su e
what
the
odds
suggest.
I
still
thi k
Aust alia
should
still
be
favou ites
eve
though
yeste day
we t
as
badly
as
it
did.

“They& squo;ll
get
a
cha ce
to
bat
o
the
wicket
whe
it& squo;s
at
it& squo;s
absolute
best.
That& squo;s
whe
we& squo;ll
see
if
these
guys
a e
actually
up
to
it,
because
if
they& squo; e
ot
up
to
it
i
the
seco d
i i gs
the
maybe
it
is
time
to
have
a
look
at
someo e
else.”

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