Sports

Cummins Like a traditional Test captain, Stokes tries to do something with every ball: Ponting

Legendary batsman Ricky Ponting believes Australian skipper Pat Cummins is the traditional Test skipper who ‘lets the plans go’ while England skipper Ben Stokes tries to do something with every ball. In comparison, the decisions made by the two new captains in the current Ashes series have been hotly debated. Stokes was criticized by the media and experts for declaring the first innings early in the First Test, while Cummins was criticized for making limited use of emerging spinner Todd Murphy during the defeat at Headingley. Ponting told ‘The ICC Review’, ‘I think this series is one of the most important series in terms of strategies as far as I can remember. This is due to the two different styles of play. Perhaps even two different styles of leadership.

He said, “Pat (Cummins) is like a traditional Test captain where he sets the field and lets the plan execute and he is happy to do that for a long time. Stokes is a bit of the opposite.” Ponting said, “He tries to do something on every ball and so sometimes there is no chance to implement the plan.” After Tim Paine’s sudden resignation before Ashes 2021 Cummins, who was made Test captain, has performed well as captain. Under Cummins, Australia won the previous Ashes series 4–0, defeating Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa. Australia played out a 1-1 draw with Sri Lanka on their soil last year. The team lost the only series against India in the same year but then won the title by defeating the Rohit Sharma-led team in the final of the World Test Championship.

Ponting said, “Look, it hasn’t been a long time since Pat has been doing this job (captaincy). Don’t forget he’s been doing this for two years already. I am sure he is learning.’ Australia is leading 2-1 in the current series. The fourth Test starts in Manchester from Wednesday. Ponting said, “I am not going to question Pat at all. Australia are 2-1 which means they are doing a good job.

People News Chronicle

People News Chronicle author account is for interns, who are just new to our news agency. They are taught basics of wordpress and publishing through this account.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Back to top button