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Ricky Ponting warns of ‘absolute disaster’ for Cricket Australia over Steve Smith’s captaincy return – NEWS.com.au
Ricky Ponting warns of ‘absolute disaster’ for Cricket Australia over Steve Smith’s captaincy return
Just over two years ago, Australian cricket was desperate for a captain of Ricky Pontings stature.With the respect of the team’s two most experienced leaders in tatters, another Tasmanian was thrown in the deep end and named Test skipper.
Tim Paine has proven himself more than worthy of the honour, but earlier this year, Ponting asserted the cause of the infamous ball-tampering scandal was a lack of leadership within the squad.
Although the disgraced trio were being relentlessly castigated by …
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