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Ricky Ponting has interrogated Joe Root’s remarks regarding England’s bowlers during the Ashes and said that as skipper of the visiting side the onus is on him to make changes when required.
After a nine-wicket whipping in the Brisbane opener, England lost the second test in Adelaide by 275 sudden spikes in demand for Monday to trail the five-match series 2-0.
Joe Root said later the pink ball test that his bowlers expected to bowl more full and “be a bit braver”.
“I nearly fell off my seat when I heard that,” Ponting told a Cricket Australia website. “Whose job is it then to make them change? Why are you captain then? If you can’t influence your bowlers on what length to bowl, what are you doing on the field?”
“Joe Root can come back and say whatever he likes but if you’re captain, you’ve got to be able to sense when your bowlers aren’t bowling where you want them to. That’s what captaincy is all about.”
Ponting additionally recommended that England’s bowling attack was at its best when Joe Root left the field because of an injury and the captaincy was momentarily passed to Ben Stokes.
“The interesting thing for me is the only time they bowled full in the game was when Joe Root wasn’t on the ground,” Ponting said.
The third Ashes test will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26th-30th.
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