Ashes 2023: Ponting backs Warner to come back good in second innings

Birmingham, June 19 – Amid the stress constructing on David Warner to retain his place within the Australia crew, former captain Ricky Ponting has backed the star opener to ship with the bat within the second innings of the continued first Ashes 2023 Check towards England, right here.

Warner was dismissed by Stuart Broad for simply 9 runs within the first innings of the primary Check, making it 15 occasions the left-hander has fallen to the English bowler. And stress will construct on the veteran opener ought to he fail once more within the second innings.

However Ponting says he noticed indicators in each the primary Edgbaston innings and Warner’s knock towards India within the World Check Championship Closing that counsel he’s near getting again among the many runs.

“I assumed he appeared actually good within the first innings of the WTC Closing; the 40-odd he made there, he performed rather well,” the previous Australia captain stated within the newest episode of The ICC Assessment.

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“And although he made 9 within the first innings right here, the way in which he really began his innings was the perfect I’ve seen him begin in two years of Check cricket. So it’s nonetheless there.

I believe the truth that he wasn’t capable of rating as freely as he would’ve needed at the beginning of that innings performed a component in him taking part in the shot that he did. However there’s little question the second innings is a vital one for him – not only for his profession’s sake, but it surely’s going to be a giant innings so far as this recreation and this sequence goes.

If he begins the identical method that he began within the first innings, then I believe he’ll make some runs,” he added.

England had been 28/2 at Stumps on Day 3, main by 35, after they bowled Australia out for 386 of their first innings.