Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has questioned Joe Root’s remarks about England bowlers through the Ashes and stated that as captain of the touring facet, the onus is on him to make modifications if wanted.
After a crushing nine-wicket defeat in Brisbane’s opening match, England went down the second Test by 275 runs in Adelaide on Monday to path the five-match collection 2-0.
Root stated after the pink-ball Test that his bowlers wanted to bowl fuller and “be a little braver”.
Ponting instructed a Cricket Australia web site, ‘When I heard this, I virtually fell from my seat. “Then whose job is to switch them? Then why are you the captain?
“If you possibly can’t affect your bowlers on which size to bowl, what are you doing on the sector?
“Joe Root can come again and say no matter he needs, however in case you are the captain, you’ve got to have the ability to perceive that your bowlers are usually not bowling the place you need them to. That’s the captaincy.”
Ponting additionally advised that England’s bowling assault was one of the best when Root left the sector with a groin harm and the captaincy was handed over to Ben Stokes.
“The interesting thing for me is that when Joe Root was not on the field, he bowled the entire game,” Ponting stated.
“Starting on day four when they met on the field before the start of play, Stokes took over the captaincy, and that was the only time in the game that he picked up the ball.”
The third Ashes Test will likely be performed from 26-30 December on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
