Ponting 'overburdened', says former coach

Ricky Ponting, seen here, has been overburdened as Australian captain as good as let down by people in care roles, former manager John Buchanan said
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MELBOURNE (AFP) – Ricky Ponting has been overburdened as Australian captain as good as let down by people in care roles, former manager John Buchanan pronounced upon Friday.

Buchanan, who coached Australia to World Cup triumphs in 2003 as good as 2007, pronounced a country’s cricket leaders had put as good most shortcoming upon to Ponting’s shoulders.

Ponting’s fighting innings of 104 was not sufficient to forestall his side from bowing out of a World Cup to hosts India in Ahmedabad upon Thursday to finish their 12-year power as universe champions.

“Ricky still has an implausible volume to suggest Australian cricket, though during a same theatre he has to be in a right support of thoughts to do that,” Buchanan said.

“I consider for a final eighteen months or so which hasn’t been a box since he has, in a sense, attempted to take upon as good most shortcoming for a total group — his diversion fool around as good as his all-round leadership.

“I’m unhappy during alternative people around him, fundamentally people in comparison grave care roles, who have authorised him to do that.

“And we consider which has contributed to creation hold up really formidable for him in a role.

“Better care from alternative people around him competence have guided him in a somewhat opposite direction.”

Buchanan declined to brand those he felt had let Ponting down.

“I will leave it to people to appreciate a small bit, though we will only contend people in alternative grave care purposes in as good as around a team,” he said.

Ponting’s pursuit was to captain as good as lead by example, rsther than than structure a side, combining a culture, or preference matters, Buchanan said.

“That is what we saw final night,” he said, referring to Ponting’s century in Australia’s World Cup quarter-final detriment to India.

“He was means to have his energies destined to a single game… so all a meditative about how we have been starting to rise a side as good as set up a enlightenment as good as selections here as good as selections there, were irrelevant.

“It was all about which a single diversion as good as we consider which showed final night, which is what he is able of you do when his attentions have been in a right direction.

“I consider thus there is a operation of alternative people who relied upon him to do some-more of a alternative work — structure a team, structure a culture, seeking during preference — which have been things which he has carried as good as felt really privately concerned with.

“But we consider they have been most bigger than he expected as good as which he should not have been authorised to weight himself with.”