Australian captain R Ponting has joined the practice on Tuesday secession at SCG. He was looking good while practicing and it is hoped that he will recover properly before the first practice match. Australia’s batting coach Justin Langer said that he is very hopeful that Ponting is doing well with batting practice.

Ricky Ponting himself was looking happy with the way things went for him. He said that he was playing the balls easily but the problem appears when bat twists in his hands. He showed his satisfaction with batting.

In the third Ashes test he had injured his finger and left out of team after playing 4th test match. He is first choice as captain for Australia. Australia is schedule to fly India next week. They will play their first warm up game against India. Then they are schedule play against South Africa.

Ricky Ponting added that he is waiting for right time to get into the game and he doesn’t want to do any thing silly that could cost him more games. He also said that he will act according to physio’s suggestions. He is also intent to rest for couple more weeks. He is very optimistic regarding his soon return.

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